State
Rustamid dynasty
Ibadi ruling house in Maghreb
- This boundary
- 767–909 CE
- Founded
- 767 CE
- Ended
- 909 CE
- Capital
- Tiaret
- Government
- monarchy, Imamate, kingdom
- Languages
- Berber, Arabic
- Succeeded by
- Fatimid Caliphate
Overview
The Rustamid dynasty (Arabic: الرستميون) was an Ibadi dynasty of Persian origin which ruled a state that was centered in present-day Algeria. The dynasty governed as a Muslim theocracy for a century and a half from its capital Tahert (present day Tagdemt) until the Ismaili Fatimid Caliphate defeated it. Rustamid authority extended over what is now central and western Algeria, parts of southern Tunisia, and the Jebel Nafusa and Fezzan regions in Libya as far as Zawila.
Records (4)
- 790 CE — Battle of TahertBattle
- 812 CE — Siege of TripoliSiege
- 880–881 CE — Al-Abbas’s campaign in IfriqiyaCampaign
- 909 CE — Capture of TahertBattle
Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).