Yahya III (or Abu Zakaria Yahya III , d. 1489 ) - the twenty-second ruler of the state of the Hafsids in Ifricia in 1488 - 1489 , the twenty-first caliph of the Hafsids.
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| Predecessor | Abu Umar Usman Ibn Masoud | ||||||
| Successor | Abd al-Mumin ibn Ibrahim | ||||||
| Death | 1489 | ||||||
| Kind |  Hafsids | ||||||
| Children | Abu Zakaria Yahya IV Ibn Masoud | ||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||
Biography
Yahya III succeeded his grandfather Abu Umar Usman in 1488 (his father died before his grandfather). By this time, the state was in anarchy, local rulers rebelled in the province, and the new caliph showed intransigence and even cruelty in the destruction of the rebels and all whom he considered suspicious. However, a few months later he himself was killed by his own cousin Abd al-Mumin ibn Ibrahim ( 1489 ).
Links
- Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge University Press, 1987. ISBN 0521337674 .