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
Algeria
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Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Spanning over 2,381,741 square kilometres, it is the largest country in Africa and
Zirid dynasty
…الزيريون, romanized: az-zīriyyūn), also known as the Banu Ziri (Arabic: بنو زيري, romanized: banū zīrī), was a Sanhaja Berber dynasty from what is now Algeria which ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya (eastern Maghreb) from 972 to 1148. Descendants of Ziri ibn Manad, a military leader of…
"Algeria" page in the Civitates Orbis Terrarium of 1575
Rock art in the Tassili n’Ajjer plateau of Algeria has been dated to seven to 10 thousand years ago
Numidian coin of King Masinissa
The Arch of Trajan in the Roman ruins of Timgad