At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · military-commander
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Abu Yahya ibn Matruh, one of the notables of Tripoli in the Maghrib. The museum's data say he led the rising against the Christians there. See the rising of Tripoli against the Normans. 1
The rising of Tripoli
Ibn Khaldun relates that he went among the notables and leading men of the people and brought them into the matter of destroying the Christians, when Roger, lord of Sicily, took Tripoli. They gathered, rose against them and burned them. He was a bold horseman, and he was established as governor of the city. 1
Under the Almohads
When Abd al-Mu'min took Mahdiyya in 555 AH, he went to him with the notables of Tripoli. Abd al-Mu'min honoured them, sent them back to their city, and he remained governor over them. Later, when he grew old and weak in the time of Yusuf ibn Abd al-Mu'min, he asked to perform the pilgrimage, travelled by sea in 586 AH and settled in Alexandria. 1
Connections
- Participated in
- The Tripoli Uprising against the Christians and Their Burning
People and things also explored
رجار صاحب صقلية· Tripoli (al-Gharb)· The Tripoli Uprising against the Christians and Their Burning
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Yahya ibn Matruh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-yahya-ibn-matruh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.