Jawdhar, surnamed al-Ustadh, was a eunuch slave who served the Fatimid caliphs al-Qa'im, al-Mansur, and al-Mu'izz as chamberlain and de facto chief minister until his death. He was an extremely powerf
The Fatimid-era Great Mosque of al-Mahdiya
Gold dinar of al-Mu'izz, minted at al-Mansuriya in 954/5
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
A statue of Buluggin ibn Ziri on the heights of the Casbah of Algiers