At a glance
- Roles
- emir
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Abu Bakr Zakariya, son of the Hafsid sultan al-Mustansir, who titled himself "the chosen one to revive the religion of God". He is known in the museum's records as the lord of Bejaia. 1
Rising to power
After escaping his father's death he went to Tlemcen and stayed with his in-law Uthman ibn Yaghmurasan. When the Arabs gave him their allegiance and the signs of power appeared, he took Constantine in 683 AH, then entered Bejaia in 684 AH and took Algiers. 1
His effect
He cut off the western part of the lands of the capital, and the Hafsid state was divided into two states, as Ibn Khaldun relates. He is the one who laid out the madrasa for learning opposite the house of al-Aqwari in Tunis. 2
The dates of his birth and death are not in the museum's data and need an additional source.
Connections
- Child of
- al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi
People and things also explored
Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)· Mecca's bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi· al-Wathiq Yahya ibn al-Mustansir al-Hafsi· Hafsid dynasty· al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p.1729
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p.1730
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Amir Abu Zakariya, lord of Bejaia”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-zakariya-bejaia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.