Zirid Conquest of Morocco

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Zirid Conquest of Morocco
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Zirid Dynasty in 980
Date979-980
Location
Morocco
Result Zirid Victory
• Zirids conquer all of Morocco up to the Atlantic coast excluding Ceuta [1][2][3]
Belligerents
Zirid dynasty Caliphate of Córdoba
Barghawata
Sijilmasa
Commanders and leaders
Buluggin ibn Ziri Hisham II
Abu Mansur Isa

The Zirid conquest of Morocco occurred in 979 when Buluggin Ibn Ziri led a campaign to expand his territory.

In 979 Buluggin Ibn Ziri led a campaign into Morocco. He seized Fez, Sijilmasa and briefly held most of Morocco by 980.[4][5] North Africa, Revised Edition: A History from Antiquity to the PresentBy Phillip C. Naylor</ref>

Buluggin Ibn Ziri died of an illness in 984 in Sijilmasa and his successor decided to abandon Morocco in 985. [6] [7]

References[]

  1. ^ Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Places
  2. ^ Le guide de la culture berbère
  3. ^ North Africa, Revised Edition: A History from Antiquity to the PresentBy Phillip C. Naylor
  4. ^ Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Places
  5. ^ Le guide de la culture berbère
  6. ^ Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  7. ^ Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Placesedited by Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger
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