Hafsid dynasty

Hafsids[a]
1229–1574
Realm of the Hafsid dynasty in 1400 (orange)
Realm of the Hafsid dynasty in 1400 (orange)
CapitalTunis
Common languagesArabic, Berber
Religion
Islam (Sunni, Ibadi), Christianity (Roman Catholic), Judaism
GovernmentMonarchy
Sultan 
• 1229–1249
Abu Zakariya
• 1574
Muhammad VI
History 
• Established
1229
1535
• Disestablished
1574
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Almohad Caliphate
Ottoman Tunisia
Regency of Algiers
Spanish Tripoli
Kingdom of Kuku
Ottoman Tripolitania
Today part of

The Hafsids (Arabic: الحفصيون al-Ḥafṣiyūn) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descent[1] who ruled Ifriqiya (modern day Tunisia, western Libya, and eastern Algeria) from 1229 to 1574.


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  1. ^ C. Magbaily Fyle, Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa, (University Press of America, 1999), 84.

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