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Achir
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Achir or Ashir is a medieval city in Algeria, first capital of the Muslim dynasty of the Zirids, which ruled under Fatimid suzerainty in the 10th–11th centuries. It is located at an altitude of 4,593 feet in the Titteri Mountains, in the current Algerian commune of Kef Lakhdar.
View of courtyard of the Zirid palace
View of courtyard of the Zirid palace
Kef Lakhdar, the archaeological site of Yashir
Kef Lakhdar, the archaeological site of Yashir
Pointed in blue, the site of Benia seen from Yashir
Pointed in blue, the site of Benia seen from Yashir
Ziri's palace in Achir
Ziri's palace in Achir
Zirid dynasty
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The Zirid dynasty, Banu Ziri, was a Sanhaja Berber dynasty from what is now Algeria which ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya from 972 to 1148.
Surat Al-An'am of the "Nurse’s Quran”, executed in fine Kufic script and commissioned by a nursemaid serving a Zirid sultan in 1020.
Surat Al-An'am of the "Nurse’s Quran”, executed in fine Kufic script and commissioned by a nursemaid serving a Zirid sultan in 1020.
Remains of the palace at 'Ashir, the residence founded by Ziri ibn Manad
Remains of the palace at 'Ashir, the residence founded by Ziri ibn Manad
Detail of the wooden maqsura added to the Great Mosque of Kairouan during the reign of al-Mu'izz
Detail of the wooden maqsura added to the Great Mosque of Kairouan during the reign of al-Mu'izz