context: Ziri ibn Manad or Ziri son of Mennad (died in 971) was the founder of the Zirid dynasty in the Berber world.
source: Ziri ibn Mennad was a chief of the Takalata branch of the Sanhajah confederation, to which the Kutama Berbers belonged.
reference_original: Ziri ibn Mennad fu un capo della branca Takalata della confederazione Sanhajah, alla quale apparteneva Kutama Berbers.
reference_flipped: Ziri ibn Mennad fu una capa della branca Takalata della confederazione Sanhajah, alla quale apparteneva Kutama Berbers.