Hammadid capture of Béja (1015)
| Hammadid Capture of Béja (1015) | |||||||
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Casbah of Béja | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hammadid dynasty | Zirid dynasty | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hammad ibn Buluggin Ibrahim | Badis ibn al-Mansur Hashim | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 (This figure was likely exaggerated.) | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | A large number of its inhabitants were killed | ||||||
The Hammadid capture of Béja in 1015 was an important military encounter between the Hammadid dynasty led by Hammad ibn Buluggin and the Zirid dynasty, led by Hashim, the best general of Badis ibn Al-Mansur. This occurred during the Hammadid–Zirid War, which ultimately resulted in the independence of the Hammadid emirate, thus splitting the previous Zirid domains into two independent emirates.