Buluggin ibn Ziri

Abu l - Futuh Sayf al - Dawla ibn Ziri ibn Buluggin Manad as- Sanhadschi (Arabic أبو الفتوح سيف الدولة بلكين بن زيري بن مناد الصنهاجي, DMG Abū al - Futuh Sayf al - Dawla Bulukkīn b. Ziri b. Manād aṣ - Ṣanhāǧī, also بلقين / Buluqqīn; † 984 ), was the first ruler of the Zirids in Ifriqiya. His predecessor as ruler of Ifriqiya was Abu Tamim al - Muizz from the Fatimid dynasty.

Even under the governorship of his father Ziri ibn Ziri ibn Buluggin Manad took over government functions. So he founded the cities of Algiers, Miliana and Medea, or let the destroyed settlements re- build. After the death of Ziri ibn Manad in the fight against renegade Berber Buluggin took over 971 the governorship in Algeria and defeated the Zanatastämme. The prisoners were moved to a large extent in the residence Aschir.

When the Fatimids moved their headquarters from 972 al - Mahdiya to Egypt, ibn Ziri Buluggin was appointed Viceroy in Ifriqiya. New residence of the Zirids has now Kairouan and the nearby al - Mansuriya. However, the Fatimids took the state treasury and the fleet to Egypt, so that the rule of the Zirids first had to be strengthened. Because of the lack fleet but lost control of the Kalbite in Sicily. In a campaign to Morocco Buluggin met before at the Atlantic, where he fought the Bargawata. The fortresses of Ceuta and Tangier could be kept from the Caliphate of Córdoba, however. However, he died in 984 while returning from this campaign. Was succeeded by his son al - Mansur ibn Ziri († 995 ).