Hammad ibn Buluggin
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{{Infobox royalty
|name=Hammad ibn Buluggin
|image=
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|succession= Emir of the Hammadid Sultanate
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|reign= 1014 – August 1029
|predecessor= office established
|successor= Qaid ibn Hammad
|birth_name=
| birth_date = before 972
|birth_place=
|death_date=August 1029
|death_place= Tazmalt, province of Béjaia, Algeria
|issue= Qaid ibn Hammad
Abdallah ibn Hammad
Youssef ibn Hammad
Ouighlan ibn Hammad
Muhammad ibn Hammad
Alnas ibn Hammad
|place of burial = Qal'at Bani Hammad
|dynasty=Hammadid dynasty
|father = Buluggin ibn Ziri
|religion=Islam
}}
Hammad ibn Buluggin ({{Langx|ar|حمّاد بن بلكين}}) (died August 1029{{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=157}}) was the first ruler of the Hammadid dynasty in what is now Algeria (1014–1029).
Life
After the death of his father Buluggin ibn Ziri, al-Mansur ibn Buluggin (984–995), Hammad's brother, became the head of the Zirid dynasty in Ifriqiya, and installed Hammad as governor of the central Maghreb (grossly corresponding to the modern northern Algeria). He took on the Zanata tribes and eventually drove them into what is now modern-day Morocco. In 1007 Hammad founded the residence of al-Qala ("the Fortress") in the Hodna mountains west of Setif and embarked on an extensive building programme, which included a palace and mosque that became famous amongst contemporaries.
Following this Hammad gained ever more influence in the western Zirid realm. In 1014 he adopted Sunni Islam,{{cite book|author1=J. Gordon Melton|title=Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History|date=15 Jan 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781610690263|page=671}} declared his independence from the Zirids and recognised the Sunni Abbasids in Baghdad as being the rightful Caliphs (not the Shia Fatimids in Egypt, on whose behalf the Zirids ruled).{{cite book|author1=Trudy Ring|author2=Noelle Watson|author3=Paul Schellinger|title=Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic Places|date=5 Mar 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134259939|page=37}} Although there was initially conflict with the Zirids, in 1016 they were forced to conclude a ceasefire, and in 1018 they recognised the independence of the Hammadids. In September - October 1024, Umm al 'Ulu, Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis's sister married Abdallah, son of Hammad ibn Buluggin. They held a majestuous wedding on the 8th and the 9th of October 1024.{{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=142}} She later died in 1053-1054 (445 AH).{{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=143}}
The successor of Hammad was Qaid ibn Hammad (1029–1054), under whom relations with the Fatimids were re-established.
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