Buluggin ibn Muhammad
Buluggin ibn Muhammad was the ruler of the Hammadids from 1055 to 1062. He led an army into Morocco against the Almoravids and briefly captured Fes.[1]
life
Bullugin succeeded his cousin Muhsin ibn Qaid, whom he assassinated in 1055. After killing Muhsin, Buluggin kills his vizier and the governor of Biskra, Ja'far ibn Abi Rumman because he doubted his loyalty.[2] This assassination provokes revolt of the population of Biskra. The Sanhajian Army, commanded by Khalaf ibn Abi Haydara, took the city by storm. The main Biskrians, probably all Banu Rumman were sent to Qal'a where Buluggin had them all perished.[3]
Expedition against the Almoravids
In 14 Feb or 14 Mar 1062, Buluggin took the road to Morocco where the Almoravid Yusuf ibn Tashufin was shaking the Zanatian Empire. Buluggin took advantage of the fact that the Zanatian emir al-Fatuh had moved away from his capital, Fes, to enter. Buluggin does not seem to have met the Almoravids. Yusuf ibn Tashfin, no doubt aware of the vanity of lightning incursions from the east and anxious to reserve his forces still insufficient to subjugate the Masmuda, fled to the Sahara.[4]
On his withdrawal, he was assassinated by an agent of his successor Nasir ibn Alnas.
References
- ↑ International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa, Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda, Routledge, 1996, p. 38
- ↑ Khaldun, Ibn (1854). Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique Septentrionale (in French). Translated by de Slane, Baron. Imprimerie du Gouvernement. p. 47.
- ↑ Idris, Hady Roger (1962). La berbérie orientale sous les Zirides: Xe-XIIe siècles. (in French). vol. 1. Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient, Adrien-Maisonneuve. p. 244.
- ↑ Idris, Hady Roger (1962). La berbérie orientale sous les Zirides: Xe-XIIe siècles. (in French). vol. 1. Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient, Adrien-Maisonneuve. pp. 245–246.
| Preceded by Muhsin ibn Qaid |
Hammadid ruler 1055 – 1062 |
Succeeded by Nasir ibn Alnas |