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Abdallah ibn Ghaniya

عبد الله بن غانية

c. 1202 CE · c. 599 AH

Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Ali ibn Ishaq ibn Ghaniya al-Sanhaji al-Mayurqi, the youngest of the brothers. He kept the kingship of Mallorca until al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Yaqub al-Muwahhidi sent a fleet that landed on the coast of Mallorca. He challenged them to single combat, but his horse stumbled and threw him to the ground; they killed him, carried his head to Marrakesh and hung his body on the wall. Mallorca remained in Almohad hands until the Franks overcame it 1.

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Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah b. 'Ali b. Ishaq b. Ghaniya, the Sanhaji of Majorca, youngest of the brothers; he remained king of Majorca until the Almohad al-Nasir Muhammad b. Ya'qub fitted a fleet against him that landed on its shore — he sallied against them, brave, and his horse stumbled, he fell to the ground, they killed him, carried his head to Marrakesh and hung his body on the wall. Majorca stayed in Almohad hands until the Franks took it. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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