At a glance
- Roles
- Caliph
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abu Zakariya, al-Mustansir billah, the second of the caliphs of the Hafsid state. 1
Allegiance and rule
He was given the allegiance after his father died in 647 AH. He chose as his sign the phrase of praise and thanks to God, and he titled himself the Imam al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Faithful. 1
Ibn Khaldun says that Mecca entered the Hafsid call in his state, and that its sharif gave the khutba for him from the pulpits. 1
His works and reports
He built well-known monuments in Tunis, among them the orchard of Abu Fihr, which Ibn Khaldun describes. He killed his two uncles al-Lihyani and Abu Ibrahim and carried their heads to him. 1
His death
He died in 675 AH according to the best-known dates; the Gregorian conversion is derived. 1
Connections
- Parent of
- Amir Abu Zakariya, lord of Bejaia· al-Wathiq Yahya ibn al-Mustansir al-Hafsi
- Child of
- Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi
- Ruler of
- Hafsid dynasty
- Participated in
- Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)· Mecca's bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir
People and things also explored
Hafsid dynasty· Sultan Abu Ishaq al-Hafsi· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi· al-Wathiq Yahya ibn al-Mustansir al-Hafsi· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads· The collapse of Muslim Sicily after Abu Zakariya's death· Abu Numayy, Sharif of Mecca· al-Hasan b. Muhammad al-Hafsi
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-mustansir-hafsi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.