The Rustamid (or Rustumid, Rostemid) ruled part of North Africa in the from the 700's to 909. It was a Muslim theocracy. The capital was Tahert. It was in present-day Algeria. The group had a Persian[1][2][3] origin. No one knows how big their land was but it went as far east as Jabal Nafusa in Libya.

Rustamid Imams

References

  1. Britannica Encyclopedia, Retrieved on 18 December 2008.
  2. "The Places where Men Pray Together", pg. 210.
  3. Based on Britannica 2008: The state was governed by imams descended from ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Rustam, the austere Persian who founded the state.