Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads
خلع أبي زكريا الحفصي طاعة الموحدين
1230 CE · 627 AH
In 627 AH the amir Abu Zakariya, grandson of the shaykh Abu Hafs, seized Ifriqiya and threw off the caliph al-Ma'mun's allegiance after the latter had erased the Mahdi's name from coinage and khutba — founding the Hafsid state at Tunis under the Hintati grandsons of the Almohads' greatest shaykh.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Overview
Ibn Khaldun, in "The Lessons" (al-Ibar), reports that in 627 AH the amir Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi took sole power in Ifriqiya and broke the obedience to the caliph al-Ma'mun. Al-Ma'mun had erased the name of al-Mahdi from the coinage and the sermon. 1
Thus the Hafsid state was founded in Tunis by the Hafsids of the Hintata, descendants of the chief of the Almohad shaykhs. 1
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi
- Occurred at
- Tunis
People and things also explored
Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)· Abu al-Hasan al-Marini's entry into Ifriqiya· The collapse of Muslim Sicily after Abu Zakariya's death· استرداد تونس من الإسبان· Sultan Abu Ishaq al-Hafsi· al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi· Hafsid dynasty· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/hafsid-independence-627/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.