Tamim ibn Muizz

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Tamim ibn Muizz (d.1108) was the fifth ruler of the Zirids in Ifriqiya (1062-1108).

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Tamim took over from his father Al-Muizz ibn Badis (1016-1062) at a time when the Zirid realm found itself in a state of disintegration following the invasion of the Banu Hilal. Only the coastal towns were under control, and a reconquest of the hinterland from the Bedouin failed. Even on the coast the Zirids were not unchallenged - Tunis was lost to the Banu Hurasan (1063-1128). The capital Mahdia was attack by Genoa and Pisa in 1088 and forced to pay a high ransom - a sign of the growing dominance of Christian powers in the Mediterranean which also manifested itself in the Norman conquest of Sicily (1061-1062).