Hammadid dynasty | |||||||||
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| 1014–1152 | |||||||||
 The Hammadid dynasty (green),c. 1100 | |||||||||
| Capital | Beni Hammad (until 1090) Béjaïa (after 1090) | ||||||||
| Official languages | Arabic,Berber | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||
• 1008–1028 | Hammad ibn Buluggin | ||||||||
• 1121–1152 | Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1014 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1152 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Algeria | ||||||||
TheHammadids were aBerber group. It was in what is now north-eastern modernAlgeria. It existed from about 1008 to 1152. They were destroyed by theAlmohads.
The capital was firstQalaat Beni Hammad. It is now aUNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1090 the capital was changed toBéjaïa.
