Mansur ibn Nasir

Al-Mansur ibn al-Nasir (died January 1105) was the sixth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria (1088–1105).

Biography Al-Mansur ibn al-Nasir succeeded his father Nasir ibn Alnas in 1088. In 1090, he left the Kal'a (Beni Hammad Fort), the traditional capital of the Hammadids, to settle in Béjaïa (Bougie) with his troops and his court, which he considered less accessible to the Nomads. The Hammadid kingdom thus abandoned its nomadic origins and became sedentary.

At Al-Mansur's accession to the throne, Balbar ibn Alnas, Al-Mansur's uncle and governor of Constantine, rebelled. Al Mansur sent him an army commanded by Abu Yakni ibn Muhsin to which he gave the control of Annaba and Constantine. Abu Yakni then captured Balbar and sent him to Qal'a Beni Hammad, and gave the command of Annaba to his brother Ouighlan. Several years later, in 1094 (487 AH), Abu Yakni rebelled in turn and formed a coalition against the Hammadid central government, composed of the Zirids, the Banu Hilal and the Almoravids. Abu Yakni tasked Ouighlan to go to Mahdia and offer Tamim ibn al-Mu'izz the possession of Annaba. Tamim accepted and Ouighlan came back to Annaba with Tamim's son Abu al Futuh. Ouighlan and Abu Yakni were rallying Arabs and were corresponding with the Almoravids. However Al-Mansur acted fast and took back Annaba after a 7-month long siege, all while taking prisoner Abu al Futuh who was sent to Qal'a Beni Hammad. Constantine was swiftly assieged and Abu Yakni fled to a Qal'a in the Aures. Abu Yakni had given control to an Athbajid chief, Sulaysal bin al Ahmar, who sold the city to the Hammadids. Abu Yakni was repeteadly attacking Constantine but he was assieged in his Qal'a, was captured and put to death.