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Transition of Almohad power in the Maghreb
In the 1240s the Almohad Caliphate fell into systemic decline in North Africa and Andalusia: central caliphal authority weakened and local governors …
Timeline
- 1241–1247Marrakesh · MarrakeshUnder weak rulers like Idris III, the Almohad Caliphate lost control of local military nobles; the Andalusian frontier line contracted, and Maghreb provincial governors withheld revenues and levied their own taxes, bringing the imperial fiscal and military system to the brink of collapse.
- 1248–1250Tunis · TunisiaThe Hafsid dynasty consolidated control over Ifriqiya, the Marinids occupied central-northern Morocco, and the Zayyanids rose in Tlemcen; in 1248 Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada acceded as Almohad caliph but was merely a figurehead, as the Maghreb's political map fragmented into a new pattern of coexisting Berber-Arab dynasties.
Sources
- Almohad Caliphate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almohad_Caliphate
- Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Hafs_Umar_al-Murtada
- Hafsid dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafsid_dynasty