Ruler · 1203 – 1249

Abu Zakariya Yahya

Lived 1203 – 1249; politician, poet, writer. Hafsid sultan of Hafsid dynasty, 1229 – 1249.

Wikidata's English label: Mohammad Abu Zakariya Yahya.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1203 – 1249; 46 years
In office: 20 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Hafsid dynasty
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Hafsid sultan

Hafsid dynasty · the 2nd of 23 dated reigns · 1224 – 1574

Abd-Allah1224 – 1228

Abu Zakariya Yahya1229 – 1249

Muhammad I al-Mustansir1249 – 1277

Yahya II al-Wathiq1276 – 1279

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim I1279 – 1283

18 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1229 – 1249 · 20 years · came to it aged 26

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1249, the year they died

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