Muhammad I al-Mustansir
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Muhammad I al-Mustansir was the second Sultan of Ifriqiya of the Hafsid dynasty and the first to claim the title of Khalif. Al-Mustansir concluded a peace agreement to end the Eighth Crusade launched
Gold dinar of Muhammad I al-Mustansir
Hafsid dynasty
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The Hafsid dynasty was a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descent that ruled Ifriqiya from 1229 to 1574. The dynasty was founded by Abu Zakariya Yahya, who was initially appointed governor of the region
Coin of the Hafsids with ornamental Kufic, from Béjaïa, Algeria, 1249–1276.
Louis IX of France lands at Tunis in 1270; French soldiers attempting to enter the city are killed by Tunisian soldiers. (Grandes Chroniques de France)
Philip III of France concludes the Treaty of Tunis with Hafsid sultan Muhammad I al-Mustansir. (1270)
Double page from the Qur'an manuscript endowed to the Kasbah Mosque by sultan Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II in March 1405. Bibliothèque nationale de France.