Khurasanid dynasty

Khurasanid dynasty
إمارة بني خراسان بتونس
1059–1158
Capital Tunis
Languages Arabic, Berber
Government Monarchy
Emir
   1062-1095 Abd al-Haqq ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Khurasan
  1149-1159 Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz
Historical era Middle Ages
   Established 1059
   Disestablished 1158
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zirid dynasty
Almohad Caliphate

The Khurasanid Dynasty (Arabic: بنو خراسان, Banu Khurasan) was a Sunni-Muslim dynasty that ruled an independent principality in Tunis from 1059 to 1158.[1]

History

The Khurasanid dynasty was founded during the 11th century by Abd al-Haqq ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Khurasan, who was appointed as governor of Tunis by the Hammadid dynasty. This followed entreaties by locals seeking protection from raids by the Banu Hilal, as the Zirid sultan Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis offered none.[1] Abd al-Haqq soon made the city an independent principality that would be governed by his family for almost a century.

The principality was annexed to the Hammadid kingdom in 1128, before it recovered its independence in 1148.

Under Khurasanid rule, the small independent kingdom resumed foreign trade relations and people enjoyed unprecedented prosperity. The city was embellished with new buildings, including a fortified palace, and the outer defenses were strengthened.

In 1158, the Almohad dynasty annexed the whole Ifriqiya to its empire, putting an end to Khurasanid rule.[1]

List of rulers of the Khurasanid principality

References

  1. 1 2 3 Martijn Theodoor Houtsma, E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Brill, Leyde, 1987, p. 967 (ISBN 9789004082656)
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