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{{Short description|Zirid ruler}}
{{Infobox monarch|reign= 2 September 1062 – 29 February 1108|house=[[Zirids]]|predecessor=[[Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis]]|successor=[[Yahya ibn Tamim]]|full name=Tamim ben al Mu'izz ben Bādīs ben Mansur ben Buluggin ben Ziri|birth_date=6 July 1031|birth_place=[[Mansouria, Tunisia|Mansouria]]|death_date=29 February 1108<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hadi |first1=Roger Idris|title=
La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides  |date=1962 |url=https://www.asadlis-amazigh.com/fr/wp-content/uploads/livres/La%20berberie%20orientale%20sous%20les%20Zirides%201.pdf|pages=302}}</ref>|father=[[Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis]]|issue=[[Yahya ibn Tamim]] <br> Muthanna ibn Tamim<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hadi |first1=Roger Idris|title=
La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides  |date=1962 |url=https://www.asadlis-amazigh.com/fr/wp-content/uploads/livres/La%20berberie%20orientale%20sous%20les%20Zirides%201.pdf|pages=250}}</ref><br>Ballara bint Tamim<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hadi |first1=Roger Idris|title=
La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides  |date=1962 |url=https://www.asadlis-amazigh.com/fr/wp-content/uploads/livres/La%20berberie%20orientale%20sous%20les%20Zirides%201.pdf|pages=274}}</ref><br>
As well as 60 other daughters and 100 other sons <ref>{{cite book |last1=Hadi |first1=Roger Idris|title=
La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides  |date=1962 |url=https://www.asadlis-amazigh.com/fr/wp-content/uploads/livres/La%20berberie%20orientale%20sous%20les%20Zirides%201.pdf|pages=302}}</ref>|title=[[Emir]] of [[Zirid dynasty|Zirids]]|death_place=[[Mahdia]]|house-type=Dynasty}}
'''Tamim ibn al-Mu'izz''' ({{Langx|ar|تميم بن المعز}}; 6 July 1031 - 29 February 1108) was the fifth ruler of the [[Zirids]] in [[Ifriqiya]] (1062–1108).

Tamim took over from his father [[al-Mu'izz ibn Badis]] (1016–1062) at a time when the Zirid realm found itself in a state of disintegration following the invasion of the [[Banu Hilal]]. Only the coastal towns were under control, and a reconquest of the hinterland from the Bedouin failed. Even on the coast the Zirids were not unchallenged - [[Tunis]] was lost to the [[Khurasanid dynasty]] (1063–1128). The capital, [[Mahdia]], [[Mahdia campaign of 1087|was attacked]] by the city-states of [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]] and [[Republic of Pisa|Pisa]] in 1087 and forced to pay a high ransom - a sign of the growing dominance of Christian powers in the [[Mediterranean]] which also manifested itself in the [[Norman conquest of Sicily]] (1061–1093).

Tamim is described as handsome, both his face and sculpture ; he was well-built, had a pearly complexion, a slim nose and wide-open eyebrows. He also purged himself frequently, thinking he was maintaining his health, he used to go regularly to the hammam and used fire medication. He was an avid drug user and had frequent sexual relations. His drug use caused his skin to dry and fitness exercices were harder for him as time passed by.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hadi |first1=Roger Idris|title=
La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides  |date=1962 |url=https://www.asadlis-amazigh.com/fr/wp-content/uploads/livres/La%20berberie%20orientale%20sous%20les%20Zirides%201.pdf|pages=251}}</ref>

Tamim's son [[Yahya ibn Tamim]] inherited what was left of the Zirid kingdom in 1108.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gates |first1=Henry Louis Jr |last2=Akyeampong |first2=Emmanuel |last3=Niven |first3=Steven J. |year=2012 |title=Dictionary of African Biography |publisher=OUP USA |volume=5 |pages=502–504 |isbn=9780195382075}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{EI2 |title= Zīrids |first=Amin |last=Tibi |volume=11 |pages=513–516 |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8170}}

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{{s-ttl|title=[[Zirid]] emir of [[Ifriqiya]]|years=1062–1108}}
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