Achir
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Achir or Ashir is a medieval Amazigh city in Algeria, first capital of the Berber dynasty of the Zirids, which ruled under Fatimid suzerainty in the 10th–11th centuries. It is located at an altitude o
View of courtyard of the Zirid palace
Kef Lakhdar, the archaeological site of Yashir
Pointed in blue, the site of Benia seen from Yashir
Ziri's palace in Achir
Buluggin ibn Ziri
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Buluggin ibn Ziri was the first leader of the Sanhaja Berber dynasty of Zirids, serving as viceroy of Ifriqiya under the Fatimid Caliphs, and founding a dynasty that continued to rule the region after
Achir
…source of great regret. When the Fatimid Caliph Al-Mu'izz left the Maghreb for Egypt in 972, he entrusted the administration of Ifriqya to Ziri's son Bologhin. This one leaves Achir to settle in Kairouan, but he will keep close links with Achir where his family will remain. Later, Achir and his region will…
A statue of Buluggin ibn Ziri on the heights of the Casbah of Algiers