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
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
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
Al-Mansur Billah
…al-Mansur's accession, most of the Fatimid mainland realm in Ifriqiya had been lost to a large-scale anti-Fatimid revolt led by the Kharijite preacher Abu Yazid, who was laying siege to al-Qa'im's fortified coastal palace city of al-Mahdiya. Unlike his father he was an active and publicly visible monarch, but…
The citadel (Kasbah) of Sousse today
View of the Hodna Mountains