Abdullah (Almohad Caliph)
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‘Abdullah (Arabic: عبد الله) was selected as Caliph of Morocco following the 1223 strangulation of the previous Almohad caliph, Abdul-Wahid I. Abdullah's vizier was Abû Zayd Abî Muhammad ben Abî Hafs, who had previously served his father, Muhammad an-Nasir, and his brother,Yusuf II, as governor of Ifriqiya.
During Abdullah's reign, there were two pretenders to the Moroccan throne: his brother Abu al-Ala Idris al-Mamun, supported by Ferdinand III of Castile, and another brother, Yahyâ al-Mu`tasim, supported by the sheikhs of Marrakesh.
In 1227, Abdullah was drowned in a palace bathtub and was succeeded by his son Yahya.
[edit] References
- This article began as a translation of the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia, accessed September 30, 2005.
- Julien, Charles-André. Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830, édition originale 1931, réédition Payot, Paris, 1994.
| Preceded by Abdul-Wahid I |
Almohad dynasty 1224–1227 |
Succeeded by Yahya |
