The ʿĀmirids (or Banū ʿĀmir) were the descendants and '' Ṣaqlabī'' (Slavic) clients of the house of the '' ḥājib'' ʿĀmir Muḥammad al-Manṣūr, the ''de facto'' ruler of the

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from 976 until 1002. A series of ʿĀmirid dictators were the powers behind the caliphal throne during the long reign of Hishām II. Four ʿĀmirid dynasties were established during the period of ''

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'' (petty kingdoms) that followed the collapse of the caliphate:

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and

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''Ḥājib''s

The following list is derived from . * Muḥammad ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Manṣūr: 981–1002 * ʿAbd al-Malik al-Muẓaffar, son of prec.: 1002–1008 * ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ''Sanchuelo'', brother of prec.: 1008–1009

Ṣaqlabī dynasties

Valencia

The following list is derived from . * Mubārak and Muẓaffar: 1010/11–1017/18 *: ''to

: 1017/18–1020/21'' * ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Manṣūr, son of Sanchuelo: 1020/21–1060 * ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Niẓām al-Dawla al-Muẓaffar, son of prec.: 1060–1065 *: ''to the Dhuʾl-Nūnids: 1065–1075'' * Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Manṣūr, brother of prec.: 1075–1085 * ʿUthmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Qāḍī, son of prec.: 1085 *: ''to the Dhuʾl-Nūnids''

Dénia

The following list is derived from , who calls them the Banū Mujāhid. Mujāhid was a member of Muḥammad ibn Abi ʿĀmir's household. * Mujāhid ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿĀmiri al-Muwaffaq: c.1012–1045 * ʿAlī ibn Mujāhid Iqbāl al-Dawla: 1045–1076 *: ''to the Hūdids''

Almería

The following list is derived from . * Khayrān al-Ṣaqlabī: c.1013–1028 * Zuhayr al-Ṣaqlabī: 1028–1038 *: ''to Valencia: 1038–1042'' *: ''to the Banū Ṣumādiḥ''

Tortosa

The following list is derived from . * Labīb al-Ṣaqlabī: 1021–1036 * Muqātil al-Ṣaqlabī: 1036–c.1046 * Nabil: c.1046–c.1060 *: ''to the Hūdids''

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* * * * Arab dynasties Dynasties in al-Andalus Taifa of Valencia {{Al-Andalus-stub