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Statue of Bologhine Ibn Ziri

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A statue of Bologhine Ibn Ziri, the founder of Algiers, on a roundabout near the Dey's Palace at the top of the Casbah. He was the first ruler of the Zirid dynasty, from 972 to 984, and governed Ifriqiya for the Fatimid caliphs.

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