Leo Africanus

Leo Africanus

male, deceased (1554)
Leo Africanus was the Christianised name of Hasan bin Muhammed al-Wazzan al-Fasi (Hasan, son of Muhammed, the Weigher from Fez) (Granada 1488? -...
Jugurtha

Jugurtha

male
Jugurtha, (ca. 160 - 104 BC) Berber King of Numidia. Until the reign of Jugurtha's grandfather Masinissa, the people of Numidia were semi-nomadic...

Abd Al-Mu'Min

male, deceased (1163)
Abd al-Mu'min was the first Caliph of the Almohad Empire. Abd al-Mu'min was a member of the group of Masmuda Berbers living in the Atlas Mountains....

Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar

male, deceased (1087)
Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar was an Almoravid ruler. He was appointed General of the al Murabitūn sect by its leader Abdallah ibn Yasin on the death of his b...
Lewis Spence

Lewis Spence

male, deceased (1955)
James Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence (November 25, 1874 - March 3, 1955) was a Scottish journalist, folklorist, poet and occult scholar. A prolific...

Samuel Ibn Naghrela

male, deceased (1056)
Samuel ibn Naghrela or Samuel ha-Nagid (993-1056) was a Talmudic scholar, grammarian, philologist, poet, warrior, and statesman, who lived in Spain...
Al-Mu'Tazz

Al-Mu'Tazz

male, deceased (869)
Al-Mu'tazz was the title of the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 866 to 869. Placed upon the throne by the Turks, he proved but too apt a pupil of...

Ha-Mim

male, deceased (927)
Ha-Mim is the short form of the name Ha-Mim ibn Mann-Allah ibn Harir ibn Umar ibn Rahfu ibn Azerwal ibn Majkasa, also known as Abu Muhammad; he was...

Buluggin Ibn Ziri

male, deceased (984)
Abul-Futuh Sayf ad-Dawla Buluggin ibn Ziri was the first ruler of the Zirids in Ifriqiya (972-984). Buluggin was already given responsibility under...

Abu Zakariya

male, deceased (1249)
Abu Zakariya Yahya was the founder and first ruler of Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya. He was the Almohad governor of Gabès and then of Tunis by 1229. H...