Abu Yazid
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Abū Yazīd Makhlad ibn Kaydād, was a member of the Ibadi sect. He opposed the Ismaili Shia rule of the Fatimids in North Africa and sought to restore Ibadi dominance in the region. Known as the Man on
The citadel (Kasbah) of Sousse today
View of the Hodna Mountains
Al-Mansur Billah
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Abu Tahir Isma'il, better known by his regnal name al-Mansur Billah, was the thirteenth Isma'ili imam and third caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya, ruling from 946 until his death. He succeed
Abu Yazid
…threatening the Fatimid capital of al-Mahdiyya. Abu Yazid conquered Kairouan for a time, but was eventually driven back and defeated by the Fatimid caliph al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah in 947, Abu Yazid escaped following a siege, but was wounded and captured. He died of his wounds several days later. Abu Yazid's father Kaydad was a…
Gold dinar of al-Mansur, minted at his new capital, al-Mansuriya, in 949/50
One of the Jedars, visited by al-Mansur during his sojourn in Tahert in 947
Great Mosque of Kairouan