Ziri ibn Atiyya al-Maghrawi
زيري بن عطية المغراوي
1001 CE · 391 AH
Ziri ibn Atiyya ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Khazir al-Maghrawi, founder of the Zirid (Maghrawa) kingship of Fez; chief of the house of Khazir who laid the state's foundation at Fez and the Far Maghreb in obedience to al-Mansur Ibn Abi Amir — Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar met him at Wadi Mina by Tangier in Shawwal 388, where three spear-wounds in the neck unhorsed him, Fez shut its gates and he fled to the Sahara stripped of his realm; he returned to take Tahert, Tlemcen, Shelif, Tenis and Msila for the Amirid da'wa, besieged the Sanhaja seat of Achir, fell ill, raised the siege and died on the march home in 391, leaving the kingship to his son al-Mu'izz.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · military-commander
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Maghreb · al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
His career
Ibn Khaldun reports that he prepared the state in Fez and the far Maghrib in obedience to al-Mansur ibn Abi Amir. Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar met him at the valley of Mina near Tangier in Shawwal 388 AH, and he was stabbed in the throat and his companions were routed. Fez refused him, so he took refuge in the desert 1.
He then returned and took Tahart, Tlemcen, Shalaf, Tenes and al-Masila, and kept the call in them for al-Mu'ayyad Hisham and al-Mansur. He besieged Ashir, the capital of the kingdom of the Sanhaja, and fell ill, and released it, and died on his way back. His son al-Mu'izz succeeded him 1.
Connections
- Member of
- Maghrawa
People and things also explored
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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