Hafsid dynasty
1229–1574 Sunni Berber dynasty in North Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Cretan dynasty, see Emirate of Crete.
The Hafsids (Arabic: الحفصيون al-Ḥafṣiyūn) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descent[3] who ruled Ifriqiya (modern day Tunisia, western Libya, and eastern Algeria) from 1229 to 1574.
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1229–1574 | |||||||||||||||||
Capital | Tunis | ||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Arabic, Berber | ||||||||||||||||
Religion | Islam (Sunni, Ibadi), Christianity (Roman Catholic), Judaism | ||||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
Sultan | |||||||||||||||||
• 1229–1249 | Abu Zakariya | ||||||||||||||||
• 1574 | Muhammad VI | ||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1229 | ||||||||||||||||
1535 | |||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1574 | ||||||||||||||||
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