Zirid dynasty
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The Zirid dynasty, also known as the 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.
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
Fatimid architecture
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Fatimid architecture, developed in the Fatimid Caliphate of North Africa, combined elements of eastern and western architecture, drawing on Abbasid architecture, Byzantine, Ancient Egyptian, Coptic ar
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Al Azhar Mosque
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1830 view of the gate of Bab al-Nasr, Cairo, built by Badr al-Jamali in 1087