Abu Asida Muhammad II

Abu Asida Muhammad II
Caliph of the Hafsid Sultanate
Reign1295 – September 1309
PredecessorAbu Hafs Umar bin Yahya
SuccessorAbu Yahya Abu Bakr ash-Shahid
Born1279
DiedSeptember 1309 (aged 29–30)
Hafsid Sultanate
DynastyHafsids
FatherYahya II al-Wathiq
ReligionIslam

Abu-Asida Muhammad II (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد أبو عصيدة) also known as Abû `Asida Muhammad al-Muntasir Billah, (1279–1309) was the Hafsid dynasty caliph of Tunis.[1] He was the posthumous son of Yahya II al-Wathiq and successor of Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya. He reigned from 1295 to September 1309.[2][3][4]

Life

During his reign treaties were signed with the Republic of Venice in 1305 and with James II of Aragon in 1301 and 1308.[5]: 115–118 

During his reign there was an attempt to end the schism with the western branch of the Hafsids. Abu-Zakariyya, ruler of Bejaia died in 1301 and was succeeded by his son Abu-l-Baqa Khalid An-Nasr. This prince approached Abu-Assida and concluded an agreement with him that whoever died first was to be succeeded by the other. A treaty agreeing to this arrangement was signed by both parties. Abu-Assida died in 1309 and, according to the agreement, his nephew Abu-l-Baqā Khalid was to be proclaimed emir, but instead a son of Abu Faris bin Ibrahim I, named Abu Yahya Abu Bakr I al-Shahid was proclaimed by the Almohad sheikhs of Tunis to the new emir.[5]: 113, 126 

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Jamil M. Abun-Nasr; Abun-Nasr, Jamil Mirʻi Abun-Nasr (20 August 1987). A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge University Press. pp. 124–5. ISBN 978-0-521-33767-0. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Abun-Nasr, Jamil M (1987). A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-521-33184-5. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b Brunschwig, Robert (1940). La Berberie Orientale sous les Hafsides. Adrienne-Maisonneuve. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Preceded by Hafsid dynasty
1295-1309 		Succeeded by