Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis

Al -Mu ʿ izz ibn Badis az- Ziri (. Arabic المعز بن باديس الزيري, DMG al -Mu ʿ izz b Badis az- Ziri, * 1008, † 1062), surnamed Abu Tamim Sharaf al-Dawla / أبو تميم شرف الدولة / Abu Tamim ad-Daula Šaraf /, Abu Tamim, dignity of the dynasty ' was the fourth ruler of the Zirids in Ifriqiya and ruled from 1016 to 1062.

After the death of his father Badis ibn Mansur al- Ziri († 1016) was al -Mu ʿ izz lifted a minor on the throne. He therefore was under the regency of an aunt. In 1016 it first came to a bloody revolt in Ifriqiya. The residence of the Fatimid al - Mansuriya at Kairouan was completely destroyed and massacred 20,000 Shiites. Due to the unrest, a truce had been completed with the Hammudiden in Algeria and independence are finally recognized in 1018.

Mu ʿ izz al- took over in 1022, the government of the empire. The ratio of the Fatimids was curious; than those in 1027 supported an uprising of Zanata - Berber in Tripolitania, through which the Zirids finally lost control of this part of the empire.

Despite the political turmoil of the economic prosperity initially enabled an extensive construction activity. However, the kingdom came from the forties of the 11th century in an economic crisis, which was reflected in monetary devaluations, epidemics and famine. The reason for this may have been that had to pay the Zirids annually to the Fatimids (one million gold dinars a year) the high tribute.

When al -Mu ʿ izz 1045 the Abbasids recognized under the influence of the Sunni jurists in Kairouan in Baghdad as rightful Caliphs, it came to the final break with the Fatimids.

This pushed the Bedouins of Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym of Egypt from the after Ifriqiya. The invasion of the Bedouin in the years 1051 and 1052 resulted in the defeat at Jabal Haydaran severe devastation that hit hard especially agriculture in Ifriqiya. After the conquest of Kairouan in 1057 by the Bedouin, the anarchy expanded. The Zirids lost control of the hinterland and could only maintain itself in coastal areas. Mu ʿ izz al- fled into the city founded by the Fatimid al - Mahdiya Kairouan and gave up. The formation of Bedouin Emirates and the ongoing uncertainty in the country, the economy of Ifriqiya increasingly directed from the Mediterranean, so the coastal towns through maritime trade and piracy gained considerably in importance.

Successor of al -Mu ʿ izz ibn Badis al- Tamim was Ziri ibn al -Mu ʿ izz al- Ziri († 1108).