…Kairouan, respectively controlling that of present Algeria and Tunisia.

Al-Muizz ibn Badis had ascended the Zirid throne of Ifriqiyah as a minor following the death of his father Badis ibn Mansur, with his aunt acting as regent.

In 1016, there had been a bloody revolt in Ifriqiya in which the Fatimid residence Al-Mansuriya had been completely destroyed and 20,000 Shiites had been massacred.

The unrest had forced a ceasefire in the conflict with the Hammadids of Algeria, and their independence had finally been recognized in 1018.

Al-Muizz had taken over the government in 1022 following the overthrow of his aunt.

The relationship with the Fatimids is strained when, in 1027, they support a revolt of the Zenatas in Tripolitania, which results in permanent loss of control of the region.