Zirid conquest of Morocco

The Zirid conquest of Morocco occurred in 979 when Buluggin Ibn Ziri led a campaign to expand his territory.

Zirid Conquest of Morocco
Date979-980
Location
Morocco
Result Zirid Victory
• Zirids conquer all of Morocco up to the Atlantic coast excluding Ceuta [1][2][3]
Belligerents
Zirid dynasty Caliphate of Córdoba
Barghawata
Sijilmasa
Commanders and leaders
Buluggin ibn Ziri Hisham II
Abu Mansur Isa

In 979 Buluggin Ibn Ziri led a campaign into Morocco. He seized Fez, Sijilmasa and briefly held most of Morocco by 980.[4][5] [6]

Buluggin Ibn Ziri died of an illness in 984 in Sijilmasa and his successor decided to abandon Morocco in 985.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Places
  2. Le guide de la culture berbère
  3. North Africa, Revised Edition: A History from Antiquity to the PresentBy Phillip C. Naylor
  4. Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Places
  5. Le guide de la culture berbère
  6. North Africa, Revised Edition: A History from Antiquity to the PresentBy Phillip C. Naylor
  7. Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  8. Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Placesedited by Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger
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