Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad al-Muntasir

Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad al-Muntasir (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد المنتصر الثاني) was the Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya from 1434–1435.^[1][2]

Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad al-Muntasir
Caliph of the Hafsid Sultanate
Reign	July 1434 – 16 September 1435
Predecessor	Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II
Successor	Abu 'Amr 'Uthman
Born	unknown date
Died	16 September 1435 Hafsid Sultanate
Dynasty	Hafsids
Religion	Islam

Life

Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad al-Muntasir was the son of Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Mansour and a Christian concubine from Valencia known as Rīm. His father was the son and heir apparent of Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II but he died before his father in 1430. Thereupon Abu Faris took the unusual step of declaring his grandson heir, when convention dictated that he choose another of his sons.^{[3]: 239–40}

Fighting quickly broke out between his uncles over the succession. Abu Abd-Allah captured his uncle al-Mu’tamid and had him blinded. He also had his own brother Abu-l Fadl arrested. While he was on a military expedition in the South two more Hafsid princes rebelled, Abu-Yahya Zakariya and his brother. They fled to Constantine but were lured back to Tunis with an offer of clemency before they too were apparently executed. Abu Abd-Allah himself died of illness while on campaign against rebel Bedouin in September 1435. During his brief reign he was responsible for the building of a public water fountain at Bab Saadoun and a madrasa named after him, also in Tunis.^[3]: 241

After his death disorder continued until all rebels were eventually subdued by his brother and successor Abu 'Amr 'Uthman.^[4]

Preceded by Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II	Hafsid dynasty 1434-1435	Succeeded by Abu 'Amr 'Uthman

References

1. Ilahiane, Hsain (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Lanham Maryland: The Scarecrow Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-8108-5452-9. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
2. Muzaffar Husain Syed; Syed Saud Akhtar; B D Usmani (2011-09-14). Concise History of Islam. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 148. ISBN 978-93-82573-47-0. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
3. Brunschwig, Robert (1940). La Berberie Orientale sous les Hafsides. Adrienne-Maisonneuve. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. Idris El Hareir; Ravane Mbaye (2011-01-01). The Spread of Islam Throughout the World. UNESCO. p. 419. ISBN 978-92-3-104153-2. Retrieved 12 February 2021.