Rustamid

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The Rustamid (or Rustumid, Rostemid) ruled part of North Africa in the from the 700's to 909.  It was a Muslim theocracy.  The capital was Tahert.  It was in present-day Algeria. The group had a PersianBritannica Encyclopedia, Retrieved on 18 December 2008."The Places where Men Pray Together", pg. 210.Based on Britannica 2008: The state was governed by imams descended from ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Rustam, the austere Persian who founded the state. origin. No one knows how big their land was but it went as far east as Jabal Nafusa in Libya.

Rustamid Imams
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rustam ibn Bahram (776-784)
Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd ar-Rahman (784-832)
Aflah ibn Abd al-Wahhab (832-871)
Abu Bakr ibn Aflah (871)
Muhammad Abul-Yaqzan ibn Aflah (871-894)
Yusuf Abu Hatim ibn Muhammad Abil-Yaqzan (894-897)
Yaqub ibn Aflah (897-901)
Yusuf Abu Hatim ibn Muhammad Abil-Yaqzan, again (901-906)
Yaqzan ibn Muhammad Abil-Yaqzan (906-909)

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Category:History of Africa
Category:History of Algeria
Category:History of Islam
Category:Former theocracies
Category:Former countries in Africa
Category:Former monarchies of Africa