Amirids
Introduction A map showing the extent of the Amirid-affiliated Saqalabid alliance in 409 Hijri, 1018 Gregorian with Sardinian and Corsican possessionsThe '''ʿĀmirids''' (or '''Banū ʿĀmir''') were the descendants and ''Ṣaqlabī'' (Slavic) clients of the house of the ''ḥājib'' ʿĀmir Muḥammad al-Manṣūr, the ''de facto'' ruler of the Umayyad caliphate of Córdoba from 976 until 1002.A series of ʿĀmirid dictators were the powers behind the caliphal throne during the long reign of Hishām II. Four ʿĀmirid dynasties were established during the period of ''taifas'' (petty kingdoms) that followed the collapse of the caliphate: Valencia, Dénia, Almería and Tortosa.
''Ḥājib''s The following list is derived from . *Muḥammad ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Manṣūr: 981–1002*ʿAbd al-Malik al-Muẓaffar, son of prec. : 1002–1008*ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ''Sanchuelo'', brother of prec. : 1008–1009
Ṣaqlabī dynasties ===Valencia===The following list is derived from . * Mubārak and Muẓaffar: 1010/11–1017/18*: ''to Tortosa: 1017/18–1020/21''* ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Manṣūr, son of Sanchuelo: 1020/21–1060* ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Niẓām al-Dawla al-Muẓaffar, son of prec. : 1060–1065*: ''to the Dhuʾl-Nūnids: 1065–1075''* Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Manṣūr, brother of prec. : 1075–1085* ʿUthmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Qāḍī, son of prec. : 1085*: ''to the Dhuʾl-Nūnids''===Dénia===The following list is derived from , who calls them the Banū Mujāhid. Mujāhid was a member of Muḥammad ibn Abi ʿĀmir's household. * Mujāhid ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿĀmiri al-Muwaffaq: c.1012–1045* ʿAlī ibn Mujāhid Iqbāl al-Dawla: 1045–1076*: ''to the Hūdids''===Almería===The following list is derived from . * Khayrān al-Ṣaqlabī: c.1013–1028* Zuhayr al-Ṣaqlabī: 1028–1038*: ''to Valencia: 1038–1042''*: ''to the Banū Ṣumādiḥ''===Tortosa===The following list is derived from . * Labīb al-Ṣaqlabī: 1021–1036* Muqātil al-Ṣaqlabī: 1036–c.1046* Nabil: c.1046–c.1060*: ''to the Hūdids''
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