Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin al-Ziri

المنصور بن بلكين بن زيري (Known as "Al-Mansur al-Ziri")

Second Zirid Sovereign of Ifriqiya

Born c. 955 AD

Sabra al-Mansuriya / Ashir, Tunisia

Passed Away 995 AD Sabra al-Mansuriya (Kairouan), Tunisia

Lifespan ~40 years old

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"Sovereignty won by the sword answers only to the judgment of history."

Archival Overview

Second Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya (984–995 AD) who made Sabra al-Mansuriya outside Kairouan his magnificent capital, successfully asserting autonomy from Fatimid Cairo.

Biographical Record

Al-Mansur succeeded his father Buluggin ibn Ziri in 984 AD as Viceroy of Ifriqiya on behalf of the Fatimid Caliphs now reigning in Cairo. A monarch of fierce independent will, al-Mansur publicly proclaimed to the people of Kairouan: 'I am not one of those who are appointed by a decree or dismissed by a letter; my father inherited this realm by the sword!'

He held court at Sabra al-Mansuriya in lavish palatial pavilions, enriched the merchants of Sousse and Sfax, and successfully suppressed tribal uprisings in the western marches before his death in 995 AD.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Zirid Royal Mausoleum of Mansuriya
Kairouan, Tunisia

                         GPS: 35.6669, 10.1169                    

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