Buluggin ibn Muhammad
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|name=Buluggin ibn Muhammad
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|succession= Sultan of the Hammadid Sultanate
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|reign= June 1055 – 11 July 1062
|predecessor= Muhsin ibn Qaid
|successor= Nasir ibn Alnas
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| birth_date = unknown date
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|death_date= 11 July 1062
|death_place= Tessala, {{flag|Algeria}}
|dynasty=Hammadid dynasty
|father=Muhammad ibn Hammad
|religion=Islam
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Buluggin ibn Muhammad ({{Langx|ar|بلكين بن محمد بن حماد}}) (died 11 July 1062) was the ruler of the Hammadids from 1055 to 1062. He led an army into Morocco against the Almoravids and briefly captured Fes.International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa, Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda, Routledge, 1996, p. 38
Reign
Buluggin succeeded his cousin Muhsin ibn Qaid, whom he assassinated in June 1055. After killing Muhsin, Buluggin killed his vizier and the governor of Biskra, Ja'far ibn Abi Rumman, because he doubted his loyalty.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_TXVBAAAAIAAJ|title=Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique Septentrionale|last=Khaldun|first=Ibn|publisher=Imprimerie du Gouvernement|year=1854|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_TXVBAAAAIAAJ/page/n22 47]|language=fr|translator-last=de Slane|translator-first=Baron}} This assassination provoked a revolt of the population of Biskra. The Sanhajian Army, commanded by Khalaf ibn Abi Haydara, took the city by storm. The main Biskrians, probably all Banu Rumman, were sent to Qal'a where Buluggin had them all killed.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2EBAAAAMAAJ|title=La berbérie orientale sous les Zirides: Xe-XIIe siècles..|last=Idris|first=Hady Roger|publisher=Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient, Adrien-Maisonneuve|year=1962|volume=1|pages=244|language=fr}}
Buluggin's brother, Muqatil ibn Muhammad, was married to his cousin, Namirt bint Alnas. Muqatil was already deceased, even though the exact date of his death remains unknown (Al-Hadi Roger suggested it happened before the Moroccan campaign). Buluggin believed that his cousin had killed his brother and killed her, which prompted a revenge murder by Namirt's brother Nasir ibn Alnas.{{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=246}}
= Expedition against the Almoravids =
In 14 Feb or 14 Mar 1062, Buluggin took the road to Morocco, where the Almoravid leader Yusuf ibn Tashufin was shaking the Zanatian Empire. Buluggin took advantage of the fact that the Zanatian emir al-Fatuh had moved away from his capital, Fez, to enter. Buluggin does not seem to have met the Almoravids. Yusuf ibn Tashfin, no doubt aware of the possibility of lightning incursions from the east and anxious to reserve his forces—still insufficient to subjugate the Masmuda—retreated to the Sahara.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2EBAAAAMAAJ|title=La berbérie orientale sous les Zirides: Xe-XIIe siècles..|last=Idris|first=Hady Roger|publisher=Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient, Adrien-Maisonneuve|year=1962|volume=1|pages=245–246|language=fr}}
On his withdrawal, Buluggin was assassinated by an agent of his successor Nasir ibn Alnas in Tessala, south of Oran, on the first day of the month of Rajab 454 AH / 11 July 1062.{{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=246}}
References
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| title = Hammadid ruler
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Category:11th-century monarchs in Africa
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