Banu Ghaniya

The Banu Ghaniya were distant relatives of the Almoravid dynasty, who appointed them as governors of the Balearic Islands in 1126. Following the collapse of Almoravid power at the hand of the Almohads in the 1140s, the Banu Ghaniya continued to govern the Balearic Islands as independent emirs until about 1203, with a brief interruption in the 1180s. The Banu Ghaniya considered themselves as heirs of the Almoravids, and made a determined attempt to reconquer the Maghreb (and in particular Ifriqiya) from about 1180 onwards.

Emirs

• Muhammad ben Ali ben Yusuf 1126-1165 (deposed)
• Ishak ben Muhammad (son) 1165-1183
• Muhammad ben Ishak (son) 1183-1184
• To Almohad 1184
• Ali ben Ishak (know as Ali Ibn Ghaniya ) 1184-1188, emir (by conquest) of Bougie (1185-1186) Algiers (1186) and Gafsa (1186-1187), warlord in Tunis 1187-1188
• Yahya ben Ishak (know as Yahya Ibn Ghaniya ) 1188-1202/1203 lord of war in Tunis 1188-1212