Abu-Asida Muhammad II ( ar, أبو عبد الله محمد أبو عصيدة) also known as Abû `Asida Muhammad al-Muntasir Billah, (1279–1309) was the
Hafsid dynasty
The Hafsids ( ar, الحفصيون ) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descentC. Magbaily Fyle, ''Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa'', (University Press of America, 1999), 84. who ruled Ifriqiya (western ...
caliph
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
of Tunis.
He was the posthumous son of
Yahya II al-Wathiq and successor of
Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya
Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya ( ar, أبو حفص عمر) (also known as Al-Mustansir II) was the Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya (1284–1295).
After restoring Hafsid rule interrupted by the usurper Ibn Abi Umara (1283–1284), Abu Hafs Umar sought to rebu ...
. He reigned from 1295 to September 1309.
Life
During his reign a treaty was signed with the
Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...
in 1305 and with
James II of Aragon in1301 and 1308.
During his reign there was an attempt to end the schism with the western branch of the Hafsids. Abu-Zakariyya, ruler of
Bejaia died in 1301 and was succeeded by his son
Abu-l-Baqa Khalid An-Nasr. This prince approached Abu-Assida and concluded an agreement with him that whichever died first was to be succeeded by the other with whom he finally reached an agreement; a treaty was signed by which the first to die would be succeeded by the other. He died in 1309 and according to this agreement his nephew Abu-l-Baqā Khalid was to be proclaimed emir, but instead a son of Abu Faris bin Ibrahim I, named Abu Yahya Abu Bakr I al-Shahid was proclaimed by the
Almohad sheikhs of Tunis.
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1279 births
1309 deaths
14th-century Hafsid caliphs
13th-century Hafsid caliphs