Hammad ibn Buluggin

Hammad ibn Buluggin († 1028 ) was the first ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria ( 1014-1028 ).

After the death of his father Ziri ibn Buluggin ( 972-984 ), was with al - Mansur ibn Ziri ( 984-995 ), a brother of Hammad new head of the Zirids in Ifriqiya. Hammad but was used by him as governor in the central Maghreb / Algeria. As such, he broke the resistance of the Zanatastämme and drove them finally to Morocco. In 1007 founded the Hammad al - Qala residence ( " Fortress " ) in the Hodna Mountains west of Setif, and displayed an extensive construction activity. In particular, the palaces and the Great Mosque were praised by contemporaries.

Hammad won in the following years more and more influence in the western Ziridenreich. In 1014 it declared its independence from the Zirids and recognized the Abbasids in Baghdad (not the Fatimids in Cairo ) as the rightful caliph. While there were battles with the Zirids, but these had already in 1016 to sign a ceasefire and 1018 recognize the independence of Hammadids. Hammad al - Qaid successor was (1028-1054) under the relations with the Fatimids were resumed in Egypt.