Hafsid dynasty founded in Tunis
1229
Abu Zakariya Yahya declared independence from the collapsing Almohad caliphate and established the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya. Tunis grew into a cosmopolitan Mediterranean capital, its harbors crowded with Venetian, Genoese, and Catalan merchant ships trading grain, wool, and coral. The Hafsids would rule North Africa for over three centuries, outlasting every other Almohad successor state.
In context
Also in 1229 (3 other events on record)
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Before and after in Africa
Before and after in Politics
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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