Abdallah ibn Buluggin (), full name:ʿAbd Allāh ben Buluggīn ben Bādīs ben Ḥabūs ben Zīrī (1056–after 1090), also known as "Al-Muzaffar" (the conqueror), was the grandson of
Badis ben Habus and the last
Zirid ruler of the
Taifa of Granada (1073–1090).
Biography
When his grandfather died in 1073, the territory of the Zirids in al-Andalus was divided between Abdullah and his brother Tamim. Although he was younger than Tamim, in 1064 Abdallah had been named the successor of
Badis ibn Habus, who preferred him to his own son, Maksan, (uncle of Tamim and Abdallah).
His memoirs
During his exile in
Aghmat
Aghmat (Tashelhit: ''Aɣmat'', ''Āghmāt''; pronounced locally ''Ughmat, Uɣmat'') was an important commercial medieval Berber town in Morocco. It is today an archaeological site known as "Joumâa Aghmat".
The city is located approximately 30&n ...
, Abdullah ibn Buluggin wrote his memoirs and the history of the
Zirids in
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
. It is called ''Al-Tibyan an al-haditha al-kaina bi-dawlat Bani Ziri fi Gharnata'' (An Expositon of the Downfall of the Zirid Dynasty in Granada).
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Zirid kings of Granada
11th-century rulers in Al-Andalus
11th-century Berber people
Berber writers
Berber rulers
11th-century Al-Andalus writers
1056 births
Year of death unknown
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