Yahya al-Mu'tasim facts for kids
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Almohad Caliph | |||||
Ruler of the Almohad Caliphate | |||||
Reign | 1227–1229 | ||||
Predecessor | Abdallah al-Adil | ||||
Successor | Idris al-Ma'mun | ||||
Born | unknown date | ||||
Died | 1236 | ||||
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Father | Muhammad al-Nasir | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Yahya al-Mu`tasim (Arabic: أبو زكرياء المعتصم يحي بن الناصر; Abū Zakarīyā' Al-Mu`taṣim Yaḥyā ibn An-Nāṣir; died 1236) was an Almohad rival caliph who reigned from 1227 to 1229. He was a son of Muhammad al-Nasir and brother of Yusuf II, Almohad caliph.
Life
At the death of his uncle Abdallah al-Adil, Yahya was supported by the sheikhs of Marrakesh, but two years later he was turned down by another pretender, his other uncle Idris al-Ma'mun. At the latter's death in 1232, Yahya renewed his pretenses, but his cousin Abd al-Wahid II was preferred to him. He was anyway able to keep Marrakesh until his death in 1236, after which the Almohad territories were again united under Abd al-Wahid.
See also
In Spanish: Yahya al-Mutásim para niños
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