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Al-Mansur ibn al-Nasir (Arabic: المنصور بن الناصر) (died 1104) was the sixth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria (1088–1104).

Biography

Al-Mansur ibn al-Nasir succeeded his father Nasir ibn Alnas in 1088. In 1090, he left the Kal'a (Beni Hammad Fort), the traditional capital of the Hammadids, to settle in Béjaïa (Bougie) with his troops and his court, which he considered less accessible to the Nomads. He left the region because of the destruction caused by the arrival of the Banu Hilal. His father had already prepared this transfer by transforming a fishing port into a city he calls An-Nasiriya but which was to assume the name of Bougie, the name of a tribe that inhabited this region. Al-Mansur built public buildings, palaces, a water distribution network and gardens in Bejaia. The Hammadid kingdom thus abandoned its nomadic origins and became sedentary. The Kal'a was not completely abandoned by al-Mansur and he even embellished it with a number of palaces. The Hammadids therefore had two capitals joined by a royal road at this time.

References

1. ^ Marçais, p. 426
2. ^ ibn Khaldun 1854, p. 51
3. ^ ibn Khaldun 1854, p. 52
4. Marçais, p. 426-427

Bibliography

• Marçais, Georges. "al- Manṣūr". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 6 (2nd ed.).
• ibn Khaldun (1854). Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique Septentrionale. Vol. 2. Translated by William McGuckin de Slane. Alger: Imprimerie du Gouvernement.

• 11th-century births
• 1104 deaths
• Hammadids
• 11th-century monarchs in Africa
• 12th-century monarchs in Africa
• 11th-century Berber people
• 12th-century Berber people