Hammadid dynasty | |||||||||
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| 1014–1152 | |||||||||
The Hammadid dynasty (green), c. 1100 | |||||||||
| Capital | Beni Hammad (until 1090) Béjaïa (after 1090) | ||||||||
| Official languages | Arabic, Berber | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||
• 1008–1028 | Hammad ibn Buluggin | ||||||||
• 1121–1152 | Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1014 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1152 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
The Hammadids were a Berber group. It was in what is now north-eastern modern Algeria. It existed from about 1008 to 1152. They were destroyed by the Almohads.
The capital was first Qalaat Beni Hammad. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1090 the capital was changed to Béjaïa.