Yahya al-Mu`tasim ( ar, أبو زكرياء المعتصم يحي بن الناصر; ''Abū Zakarīyā' Al-Mu`taṣim Yaḥyā ibn An-Nāṣir''; died 1236) was an
Almohad rival caliph who reigned from 1227 to 1229. He was a son of
Muhammad al-Nasir''Yahya al-Mutasim''
/ref> and brother of Yusuf II, Almohad caliph.
Life
At the death of his uncle Abdallah al-Adil, Yahya was supported by the sheikhs of Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
, but two years later he was turned down by another pretender, his other uncle Idris al-Ma'mun
Abu al-Ala Idris al-Ma'mun ( ar, أبو العلا المأمون إدريس بن المنصور; ''Abū Al-`lā Al-Mā'mūn Idrīs ibn Al-Manṣūr''; died 16 or 17 October 1232) was an Almohad rival caliph who reigned in part of the empire fro ...
. At the latter's death in 1232, Yahya renewed his pretenses, but his cousin Abd al-Wahid II
Abu Muhammad ar-Rashid Abd al-Wahid ( ar, أبو محمد الرشيد عبد الواحد بن المأمون; Abū Muḥammad Ar-Rashīd `Abd al-Wāḥid ibn Al-Mā'mūn; died 4 December 1242) was an Almohad caliph who reigned from 1232 until ...
was preferred to him. He was anyway able to keep Marrakesh until his death in 1236, after which the Almohad territories were again united under Abd al-Wahid.
Sources
* Charles-André Julien. ''Histoire de l‘Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830''.
Notes
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1236 deaths
13th-century Almohad caliphs
People from Marrakesh
13th-century Berber people
Year of birth unknown