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Hammad ibn Buluggin
Hammad ibn Buluggin was a Berber prince, son of the Zirid founder Buluggin ibn Ziri, who governed the western lands of the Zirid emirate in central Algeria. Around 1007 he founded the fortified city of Qal'at Beni Hammad in the Hodna mountains. In 1015 he broke with the Zirids and recognised the Abbasid caliph, founding the independent Hammadid dynasty.
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