Hafsid Internal Affairs in Tunisia (1488)

Timeline

1. 1488Tunisian court · TunisiaAbu Amr Uthman ruled Ifriqiya for over half a century, tending in domestic affairs to appoint royal attendants and European converts as provincial governors, avoiding power-sharing with princes of his own clan. His son Abu Ibrahim died in 1484, and in 1488 his grandson and intended heir Mas'ud also died before him, leaving the sultan in a dilemma over succession arrangements in his final years.
2. 1488Tunisia · TunisiaAbu Amr Uthman died in September 1488, and his grandson Abu Zakariya Yahya III succeeded him. Before his death Uthman had recalled Yahya, the long-serving governor of Constantine, to Tunis in hopes of a smooth transition, but a power struggle between uncle and nephew was already brewing beneath the surface.
3. 1488Ifriqiya · TunisiaAlthough Uthman's long reign maintained relative stability, cities such as Béjaïa had shown separatist tendencies, and southern Berber tribes occasionally revolted. The hasty change of heir in 1488 intensified court factional struggles, setting the stage for Yahya III's deposition and killing by his uncle the following year and the royal infighting around 1490.