Abdallah, Almohad Caliph
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Abdallah was selected as Caliph of Morocco following the 1223 strangulation of the previous Almohad caliph, Abdul-Wahid I. Abdallah's vizier was Abû Zayd Abî Muhammad ben Abî Hafs, who had previously served his father, Muhammad an-Nasir, and his brother,Yusuf II, as governor of Ifriqiya.
During Abdallah's reign, there were two pretenders to the Moroccan throne: his brother Abu al-Ala Idris al-Mamun, supported by Ferdinand III of Castile, and another brother, Yahyâ al-Mu`tasim, supported by the sheikhs of Marrakesh.
In 1227, Abdallah was drowned in a palace bathtub and was suceeded by his son Yahya.
References
- This article began as a translation of the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia, accessed September 30, 2005.
- Julien, Charles-André. Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830, édition originale 1931, réédition Payot, Paris, 1994.
| Preceded by: Abdul-Wahid I | Almohad dynasty 1224–1227 | Succeeded by: Yahya |
Categories: 1227 deaths | Sultans of Morocco | History of the Maghreb | Moorish Spain | Islamic history | Almohad related topics
