governed as a Muslim theocracy for a century and a half from its capital Tahert (present day Tagdemt) until the Ismaili Fatimid Caliphate defeated it. Rustamid...

Tiaret (Arabic: تيارت) or Tahert (Arabic: تاهرت) is a major city in northwestern Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province...

lands, Abd ar Rahman ibn Rustam ruled most of the central Maghreb from Tahert, south-west of Algiers. The rulers of the Rustamid imamate (761–909), each...

The capture of Tahert occurred in 909 CE at the city of Tahert (present day Tagdemt) when the Fatimids led by Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i destroyed the city...

escort Sa'id to Ifriqiya, but they were waylaid by the Rustamid emir of Tahert and had to turn back. On 18 March 909, the Kutama under the da'i Abu Abdallah...

the trans-Saharan trade which linked their capital and Aoudaghost with Tahert and Sijilmasa in North Africa. Soninke traditions likely contain content...

named Hisn Luwata south of Tahert after which they allied with Muhammad Abu l-Yaqzan.* Around 878/879 the Huwwara left Tahert after concluding a treaty...

Rustamids. This dynasty was founded by his grandfather, Ibn Rustam, in Tahert, During Aflah's time, Ibadi Islam still enjoyed considerable popularity...

1299–1922 AD Kingdom of Ouarsenis Jedars Kingdom 430–735 AD Rustamid dynasty Tahert Imamate 707–999 AD Saadi Sultanate Various Sultanate 1510–1659 AD Sulaymanid...

pretensions—in an effort to establish domination over the western Maghreb. In 911, Tahert, which had been briefly captured by Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i in 909, had to...

revolutionising the trans-Saharan trade that linked their capital and Aoudaghost with Tahert and Sijilmasa in North Africa. Soninke traditions likely contain content...

traced to the Maghreb; they had their capital at Tahert as an Ibadi Kingdom. They were forced to leave Tahert consequent to a devastating fire in 909 (it is...

The Aghlabids maintained strained relations with the Rustamid dynasty of Tahert, who adhered to the Kharijite Ibadi sect. Their relations with the Idrisid...

by Ibn Khaldun, Al Yaqubi and Al Bakri at the time of the foundation of Tahert. In antiquity Ptolomey referred to three groups who had inhabited a certain...

unlike most Berbers, were not followers of the Ibadi Kharijite imamate of Tahert; living on the margins of the settled Muslim society of Ifriqiya, they may...

of the Ifriqiyan army in the vicinity of Tlemcen (perhaps as far back as Tahert), and called upon Kairouan for reinforcements. The request was forwarded...

wealthy through the trans-Saharan trade routes linking Aoudaghost with Tahert and Sijilmasa in north Africa following the introduction of the camel to...

Emirate of Sijilmassa (759–976 AD) Rustamid Imamate of Tahert (767–909 AD) (Algeria) (Tahert) Idrisid dynasty (789–974 AD) (Morocco) Imamate of Nafusa...

and the establishment of the rival Ibadi Kharijite Rustamid emirate of Tahert. Somewhat surprisingly, as Charles Pellat comments, the community chose...

into two independent emirates. It took place near the medieval city of Tahert located in the south of Chelif River, and was a decisive Zirid victory....

lands, Abd ar-Rahman ibn-Rustam ruled most of the central-west Maghreb from Tahert, southwest of Algiers. The rulers of the Rustamid imamate, which lasted...

on irregular Arab nomads for the military. The city of Tlemcen displaced Tahert (Tiaret) as the main trading hub in the central Maghreb, lying on the west–east...

his relation to a rival dynasty, he was arrested in early 872. While in Tahert, Aflah passed away, thereby effectively installing Abu Bakr as the new Imam...

mustered an army to rescue his compatriot. On his way to Sijilmasa, he subdued Tahert, the nearby Ibadi Kharijite stronghold under the Rustamid dynasty. The army...

As a result of one of these, the Rustamid dynasty founded a kingdom at Tahert. Around the same time, a revolt of the Banu Ifran broke out. The rebels...

doctrines, which later made the town an attractive refuge for the citizens of Tahert. In the 11th century, Banu Hilal, an Arab tribe living between Nile and...

1930; hence Souk Ahras means "market of lions" (see also Oran (Wahran) and Tahert for names with a related etymology). The old name of the Numidian city of...

over Tahert on behalf of Abd al-Rahman III. The Fatimid caliph set out from Msila on 7 September to recover the city, but when he arrived at Tahert on the...

al-Farissi (Ibadite), 760–62 (Abbasid invasion of Ifriqiya; Ibadites reduced to Tahert and Nafusa, 762) Appointed governors Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Khuza'i...

and the establishment of the rival Ibadi Kharijite Rustamid emirate of Tahert. Somewhat surprisingly, as Charles Pellat comments, the community chose...