Hammadid dynasty

Sanhaja Berber dynasty

The Hammadids were a Berber group. It was in what is now north-eastern modern Algeria. It existed from about 1008 to 1152. They were destroyed by the Almohads.

Hammadid dynasty
1014–1152
The Hammadid dynasty (green), c. 1100
The Hammadid dynasty (green), c. 1100
CapitalBeni Hammad (until 1090)
Béjaïa (after 1090)
Official languagesArabic, Berber
Religion
Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Sultan 
• 1008–1028
Hammad ibn Buluggin
• 1121–1152
Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz
History 
• Established
1014
• Disestablished
1152
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zirid
Almohad dynasty
Today part of Algeria

The capital was first Qalaat Beni Hammad. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1090 the capital was changed to Béjaïa.

Rulers

change
  • Hammad ibn Buluggin, 1014–1028
  • al-Qaid ibn Hammad, 1028–1045
  • Muhsin ibn Qaid, 1045–1046
  • Buluggin ibn Muhammad ibn Hammad, 1046–1062
  • an-Nasir ibn Alnas ibn Hammad, 1062–1088
  • al-Mansur ibn Nasir, 1088–1104
  • Badis ibn Mansur, 1104
  • Abd al-Aziz ibn Mansur, 1104–1121
  • Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz, 1121–1152