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Ali ibn Yahya al-Sanhaji

علي بن يحيى الصنهاجي

1105 CE · 499 AH

Ali b. Yahya al-Sanhaji (b. Safar 499, al-Mahdiyya) — Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya; summoned from Sfax at his father's death and acclaimed on 13 Dhu al-Hijja; ruled soundly until his death, delegating the succession to his twelve-year-old son al-Hasan 1.

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'Ali b. Yahya b. Tamim al-Sanhaji al-Zayri, lord of Ifriqiya; his father appointed him over Sfax, and when his father died the notables of his realm joined in a letter summoning him to come quickly — he arrived at noon on the second day of the feast and sat for the people on the morning of Friday the thirteenth of Dhu'l-Hijja, and they saluted him with the emirate. 1

His rule

His affairs ran in good order until he died on a Tuesday, having delegated the succession to his son al-Hasan b. 'Ali. 1

Sources

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