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Rustamid dynasty
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<p>The Rustamid dynasty (or <i>Rustumids</i>, <i>Rostemids</i>) was an <a href="/facts/Ibadi/FxuE071h">Ibadi</a> dynasty of Persian origin which ruled a state that was centered in present-day <a href="/facts/Algeria/UXDF4Tj6">Algeria</a>. The dynasty governed as a Muslim <a href="/facts/Theocracy/RHWYhm6s">theocracy</a> for a century and a half from its capital Tahert (present day <a href="/facts/Tagdemt/dWXPhx9K">Tagdemt</a>) until the <a href="/facts/Ismailism/e6uySs0b">Ismaili</a> <a href="/facts/Fatimid_Caliphate/jgmF2I5C">Fatimid Caliphate</a> defeated it. Rustamid authority extended over what is now central and western Algeria, parts of southern <a href="/facts/Tunisia/4uC8Po6k">Tunisia</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Nafusa_Mountains/kBUa3tge">Jebel Nafusa</a> and <a href="/facts/Fezzan/BMjtkWzl">Fezzan</a> regions in <a href="/facts/Libya/HMPH8PWR">Libya</a> as far as <a href="/facts/Zawila/R2ayD7PD">Zawila</a>. </p>