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Khurasanid dynasty (Banu Khurasan of Tunis)

1059 – 1159
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Sanhaja Berber dynasty (Banu Khurasan) that ruled a de facto independent principality centered on Tunis for a century, nominally under Zirid and then Hammadid suzerainty.

Conquered by the Almohad Caliphate in 1159, when the last Khurasanid ruler Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Aziz was ousted, ending Banu Khurasan's century of rule over Tunis.

Borders in 1059 · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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