Banu Al-Ward

Banu al-Ward
1053–1203
CapitalBizerte
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Established
1053
• Disestablished
1203
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zirid dynasty
Almohad Caliphate

Banu al-Ward were a local dynasty that ruled the city of Bizerte in present-day Tunisia. They rose to power after the invasion of the Banu Hilal in the 1050s, during which Zirid rule over the region of Ifriqiya partially collapsed.[1][2]

  1. ^ Binous, Jamila; Baklouti, Naceur; Ben Tanfous, Aziza; Bouteraa, Kadri; Rammah, Mourad; Zouari, Ali (2002). Ifriqiya: Thirteen Centuries of Art and Architecture in Tunisia. Islamic Art in the Mediterranean. Museum With No Frontiers & Ministry of Culture, the National Institute of Heritage, Tunis. pp. 42, 122. ISBN 9783902782199.
  2. ^ Laroui, Abdallah (2015). The History of the Maghrib: An Interpretive Essay. Princeton University Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-4008-6998-5.

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