Abu Mansur Ilisa' ibn Abi al-Qasim
أبو منصور إليسع بن أبي القاسم
Abu Mansur Ilisa' ibn Abi al-Qasim Samku ibn Maslan ibn Abi Yazul, amir of the Wasulids at Sijilmasa; raised in place of his brother Ilyas when they deposed him in 194 AH — he built Sijilmasa's wall in the fourth year of his rule, their kingship swelled on his watch, he completed the city's building and laid out its workshops and palaces, and moved into it late in the second century, an Ibadi Sufrite.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Counted among
- Ibadi
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Overview
Abu Mansur Iliyas ibn Abi al-Qasim Samku ibn Muslan ibn Abi Yazul, amir of the Banu Wasul in Sijilmasa. According to Ibn Khaldun he was an Ibadi of the Safriyya. 1
Rule
They appointed him in place of his brother Ilyas, when they rose against him and deposed him in 194 AH. 1
Sijilmasa
He built the wall of Sijilmasa in the thirty-fourth year of his rule. Their rule was strengthened in his time. He completed its building and construction, laid out in it the cisterns and palaces, and at the end of the second century AH the people moved there. 1
The year of death is not recorded. It needs an additional source.
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.1619-1620
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