Hammadid 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
Capital	Beni Hammad (until 1090) Béjaïa (after 1090)
Official languages	Arabic, Berber
Religion	Islam
Government	Monarchy
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

• 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