al-Mahdiyya revolts from Yaqub to his son Muhammad

عصيان أهل المهدية على يعقوب وطاعتها لولده محمد

c. 1199 CE · 596 AH

al-Mahdiyya

Al-Mahdiyya rose against the Almohad Yaqub al-Mansur and declared for his son Muhammad — the father had already given the son a share of rule, and the coast-towns obeyed him 1.

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119012001210 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

Summary

The people of Mahdiyya rebelled against Yaqub al-Mansur al-Muwahhidi and declared their obedience to his son Muhammad al-Nasir, to whom his father had granted a share in the rule 1.

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Yaqub al-Mansur· محمد الناصر بن المنصور الموحدي

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The battle of al-Uqab· محمد الناصر بن المنصور الموحدي

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 259
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The battle of al-Uqab

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