Badis ibn al-Mansur

{{Short description|Zirid ruler}}

{{Infobox monarch|reign= 26 March 996 – 10 May 1016|house=Zirids|predecessor=Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin|successor=Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis|full name= Abū Manād Bādīs Nāṣir al-Dawla ben Mansur ben Buluggin ben Ziri|birth_date=14 August 984|birth_place=Achir|death_date=10 May 1016|father=al-Mansur ibn Buluggin|issue=Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis

Umm al 'Ulu|title=Emir of Zirids|death_place=Qal'a Beni Hammad|house-type=Dynasty}}

Bādīs ibn al-Manṣūr ({{Langx|ar|باديس بن المنصور}}; 14 August 984 {{cite book |last1=Hadi |first1=Roger Idris|title=

La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides |date=1962 |url=https://www.asadlis-amazigh.com/fr/wp-content/uploads/livres/La%20berberie%20orientale%20sous%20les%20Zirides%201.pdf|pages=72}} - 10 May 1016), known fully as ʾAbū Manād Bādīs Nāṣir al-Dawla ({{lang|ar|أبو مناد باديس ناصر الدولة}}), was the third ruler of the Zirids in Ifriqiya from 996 to 1016.

Badis ibn Mansur succeeded his father al-Mansur ibn Buluggin ({{reign|984|996}}) as viceroy of Ifriqiya on 8 April 996.{{sfn|Idris|1960|p=860}} At the outset of his reign he faced a revolt by the Zenata Berbers, who threatened the Zirid domains from Tiaret to Tripoli. To focus on them, he left the eastern parts of his emirate in the hands of a deputy.{{sfn|Idris|1960|p=860}} Throughout his reign, Badis also had to fend off Fatimid forays into Tripolitania.{{sfn|Idris|1960|p=860}}

He stayed very close to his overlords, the Fatimids of Egypt,Talbi (1970) notes that he sent the poet ar-Raqiq on a diplomatic mission to Cairo. on account of a power struggle amongst the Zirids - his right to rule was challenged by his great-uncle Zawi ibn Ziri, who was ultimately driven into Andalusia where he founded the Zirid dynasty of Granada (1012–1090).

By 1001, Badis had secured his position with a convincing victory over the Zenata, their allies the Maghrawa, and Zawi ibn Ziri.{{sfn|Idris|1960|p=860}} This success was largely due to another great-uncle, Hammad ibn Buluggin, who defeated another Zenatan attack in 1004/5, and in 1007/8 established the castle of Qal'a.{{sfn|Idris|1960|p=860}} In 1014, Hammad rose in revolt, and Badis marched against him in May 1015. On 17 October, Badis won a great victory over Hammad at Chelif, but was unable to take Qal'a, being forced to lay siege to the fortress instead.{{sfn|Idris|1960|p=860}} The siege was still ongoing when Badis died, on 10 May 1016.{{sfn|Idris|1960|p=860}}

His death made the separation of the Hammadid state from the Zirids inevitable,{{sfn|Idris|1960|p=860}} while the anti-Shi'a riots that broke out in Tunis during his last year signalled the eventual break between the Zirids and their Fatimid overlords under Badis' son and successor, al-Mu'izz.{{sfn|Idris|1960|p=860}} His sister, Saïda bint Mansour, was appointed regent of his son as he ascended the throne a minor.{{cite book|access-date=2024-07-31 |date=1998 |first1=Emna Ben |isbn=978-9973-807-04-5 |language=fr |last1=Miled |page=188 |publisher=E. Ben Milen |title=Les tunisiennes ont-elles une histoire? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=licqAAAAYAAJ&q=Les+tunisiennes+ont-elles+une+histoire}}