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DeutschAli ibn Yahya
Ali ibn Yahya (Arabic: علي بن يحي) (1 June 1086 [1] -10 July 1121 [2]) was the penultimate Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya, in 1116–1121 CE.[3]
Life
[edit]Ali inherited the throne from his father, Yahya ibn Tamim, in April 1116.[3] He planned to launch attacks on the Italo-Norman Kingdom of Sicily, and sought the aid of the Almoravids for the purpose.[3] This led to a series of clashes with the Normans in the decades after his death and culminating in the capture of the Zirid capital, Mahdia, in 1148.[3] Ali's son, Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan, was thus the last Zirid ruler.[3] Ali died of a disease on Sunday 10 July 1121, leaving four sons behind him ; Al Hasan, Al Aziz, Badis and Ahmad. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hadi, Roger Idris (1962). La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides (PDF). p. 316.
- ^ Hadi, Roger Idris (1962). La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides (PDF). p. 325.
- ^ a b c d e Tibi 2002, p. 514.
- ^ Hadi, Roger Idris (1962). La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides (PDF). p. 325.
Sources
[edit]- Tibi, Amin (2002). "Zīrids". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume XI: W–Z. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 513–516. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8170. ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.