Habbus al-Muzaffar
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Habbus bin Makhsen al-Muzaffar, of the Zirid
dynasty, was ruler of Taifa of Granada
from 1025 to 1037.
He was the successor to his uncle Zawi ben Ziwi. His first minister was Shmuel ha-Nagid, the renowned Jewish scholar and politician. Under his rule, the prestige of the teif was greatly increased, and he carried out military campaigns against neighbor states, increasing Granada's territory. The Jewish population in the city increased to 5,000, and Lucena flourished as a Jewish scholarly site.
He had two sons, Badis ben Habbus and Buluggin, and was succeeded by Badis.
Zirid
The Zirid dynasty were a Sanhadja Berber dynasty, originating in modern Algeria, initially on behalf of the Fatimids, for about two centuries, until weakened by the Banu Hilal and finally destroyed by the Almohads. Their capital was Kairouan...
dynasty, was ruler of Taifa of Granada
Taifa of Granada
The Taifa of Granada was a Moorish kingdom in Al-Andalus, within the present day Granada Province in southern Spain...
from 1025 to 1037.
He was the successor to his uncle Zawi ben Ziwi. His first minister was Shmuel ha-Nagid, the renowned Jewish scholar and politician. Under his rule, the prestige of the teif was greatly increased, and he carried out military campaigns against neighbor states, increasing Granada's territory. The Jewish population in the city increased to 5,000, and Lucena flourished as a Jewish scholarly site.
He had two sons, Badis ben Habbus and Buluggin, and was succeeded by Badis.
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The Golden and the destruction age of Spanish Jewry.