Egyptian conquest of Tunisia and Tripoli
The Egyptian conquest of Tunisia and Tripoli took place in 1311 between the Egyptian Sultanate and the Hafsid Sultanate.[1][2][3]
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 Egyptian Sultanate Hafsid Dynasty | ||||||
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Abu-l-Baqa Khalid An-Nasr |
El-Nasir Mahammad Abd al-Wahid Zakariya ibn al-Lihyani | ||||||
Events[edit]
As a result of the high position that Egypt occupied among the nations of the Islamic world during the era of the Qalawun dynasty, the eastern kings became courted by its sultans and some sought help from them to restore their rule. Prince Abu Yahya Zakaria al-Hafsi came to the Sultan of Egypt, El-Nasir Mahammad ibn Qalawun, in the year 711 AH (1311 AD) and asked him to send a campaign with him to help him in restoring his influence in Tunisia, on the condition that he will submit to Egypt. El-Nasir Mahammad prepared a number of soldiers with him.[1][2]
When he arrived in Tripoli, a group of Bedouins and Moroccans gathered around him. He defeated them, and was able to annex this city to his possession, and then the sermon was held there for El-Nasir Mahammad.[1][2][3] After that, he continued his march to Tunisia at the head of the Egyptian soldiers and continued to besiege the city of Ifriqiya, until it was possible for him to conquer it.[1][2][3]
After the conquest, Prince Abu al-Baqa Khaled - the ruler of Tunisia - declared himself deposed; Thus, it was possible for Prince Abu Yahya Zakaria to regain his rule in Tunisia. When it was possible for him to do so, he removed the name of the Mahdi Muhammad ibn Tumart from the sermon and ordered the preachers to pray for El-Nasir Mahammad ibn Qalawun on the pulpits.[4][3] This helped spread the influence of Egypt during the reign of El-Nasir Mahammad to Tripoli and Tunisia, and the sermon continued to be held there in his name from the years 1311 - 1317.[1][2][3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 سرور, محمد جمال الدين (1947). دولة بني قلاوون في مصر. Egypt: دار الفكر العربي. pp. 142, 143. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 al-Asqalani, Ibn Hajar (1993). الدرر الكامنة في أعيان المائة الثامنة الجزء ٢. Hyderabad, India: دائرة المعارف العثمانية. p. 13. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lane-Poole, Stanley (2016). A history of Egypt in the Middle Ages. Cambridge University Press. p. 208. ISBN 9780838302101. Search this book on
- ↑ Abd Allah, Al-Shawkani (2011). البدر الطالع بمحاسن من بعد القرن السابع. دار الكتاب الإسلامي. p. 351. ISBN 9786144140949. Search this book on
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