Sultan Abu Ishaq al-Hafsi
السلطان أبو إسحاق الحفصي
1283 CE · 683 AH
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Abi Zakariya, brother of al-Mustansir; settled in al-Andalus during his brother's reign, he crossed to Tlemcen when al-Mustansir died and the son al-Wathiq was acclaimed, entered Bejaia at the end of Dhu al-Qa'da 677 where the Almohads and notables swore him, and took the capital in mid-Dhu al-Hijja 678 after his nephew's abdication — appointing to the Ashghal office Abu Bakr ibn Abi al-Hasan ibn Khaldun, whose father al-Hasan had come from Seville under Abu Zakariya's protection.
At a glance
- Roles
- Caliph
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb · al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
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موجز
عودته من الأندلس
كان نازحاً إلى الأندلس أيام أخيه. فلما مات المستنصر وبويع ابنه الواثق، عبر من الأندلس إلى تلمسان. 1
تولي الحكم
وفاته
هلك سنة 683هـ على مشهور التواريخ، والتحويل الميلادي مشتق. وهو من حكام الدولة الحفصية. 2
Connections
- Child of
- Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi
- Ruler of
- Hafsid dynasty
People and things also explored
al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi· Hafsid dynasty· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads· The collapse of Muslim Sicily after Abu Zakariya's death· al-Wathiq Yahya ibn al-Mustansir al-Hafsi· Almohad Caliphate
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p. 1723-1724
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sultan Abu Ishaq al-Hafsi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-ishaq-hafsi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.