al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi
المستنصر بالله الحفصي
1277 CE · 675 AH
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abi Zakariya, second caliph of the Hafsid state; acclaimed after his father's death in 647 AH, choosing for his motto «الحمد لله والشكر لله», in whose reign Mecca entered the Hafsid da'wa and its sharif preached him from the minbars, taking the title Imam al-Mustansir billah Commander of the Faithful, builder of the famed Abu Fahr garden at Tunis.
At a glance
- Roles
- Caliph
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
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موجز
أبو عبد الله محمد بن أبي زكريا، المستنصر بالله، ثاني خلفاء الدولة الحفصية. 1
البيعة والحكم
آثاره وأخباره
بنى آثاراً مشهورة بتونس، منها بستان أبي فهر الذي وصفه ابن خلدون. وقتل عميه اللحياني وأبا إبراهيم وحمل رأسيهما إليه. 1
وفاته
هلك سنة 675هـ على مشهور التواريخ، والتحويل إلى الميلادي مشتق. 1
Connections
- Parent of
- Amir Abu Zakariya, lord of Bejaia· al-Wathiq Yahya ibn al-Mustansir al-Hafsi
- Child of
- Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi
- Ruler of
- Hafsid dynasty
- Participated in
- Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)· Mecca's bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir
People and things also explored
Hafsid dynasty· Sultan Abu Ishaq al-Hafsi· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi· al-Wathiq Yahya ibn al-Mustansir al-Hafsi· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads· The collapse of Muslim Sicily after Abu Zakariya's death· Abu Numayy, Sharif of Mecca· ابن سبعين
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-mustansir-hafsi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.