Buluggin ibn Ziri

Buluggin ibn Ziri
Emir of Maghreb
A statue of Buluggin ibn Ziri on the heights of the Casbah of Algiers
Reign972 – 25 May 984
SuccessorAl-Mansur ibn Buluggin
BornTitteri region (present-day Algeria)
Died25 May 984 in Sijilmasa or Ouarekcen
IssueAl-Mansur ibn Buluggin
Hammad ibn Buluggin
Ibrahim ibn Buluggin
Yattufat ibn Buluggin
Names
Abu'l-Futuh Sayf al-Dawla Buluggin ibn Ziri ibn Manad al-Sanhaji
DynastyZirids
FatherZiri ibn Manad
ReligionIslam

Buluggin ibn Ziri, often transliterated Bologhine, in full ʾAbū al Futūḥ Sayf ad Dawlah Bulukīn ibn Zīrī ibn Manād aṣ Ṣanhājī (Arabic: أبو الفتوح سيف الدولة بلكين بن زيري بن مناد الصنهاجي; died 25 May 984) was the first leader (r.972–984) of the Sanhaja Berber dynasty of Zirids to serve as viceroy of Ifriqiya under the Fatimid Caliphs, founding a dynasty that continued to rule the region after him.

Bologhine, a suburb in the city of Algiers, is named after him.