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Muhammad An-nasirMuhammad an-Nsir (الناصر لدين الله محمد بن المنصور an-nāṣir li-dīn allah muḥammad ben al-manṣūr), date of birth unknown. He succeeded his Ab Ysuf Ya'qb al-Mansr as Almohad caliph in 1198. He died in 1213. Biography An-Nsir inherited an empire that was showing signs of instability. Because of his father's victories against the Christians in Spain, he was temporarily relieved from serious threats on that front and able to concentrate on combating and defeating Banu Ghaniya attempts to seize Ifriqiya (Tunisia). Needing, after this, to deal with problems elsewhere in the empire, he appointed Ab Muhammad ben Ab Hafs as governor of Ifriqiya, so unwittingly inaugurating the rule of the Hafsid dynasty there, which lasted until 1574. He now had to turn his attention back to Spain, to deal with a crusade proclaimed by Pope Innocent III. This resulted by his defeat by a Christian coalition at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (العُقَاب al-`uqāb, Al-`Uqb) (1212). He died the following year, and was succeeded by his young son Ysuf al-Mustansir. His viziers were : - Ab Zayd ben Yjn (1198-1199) (أبو زيد بن يوجان abū zayd ben yūjān)
- Ab Muhammad ben ash-Shaykh Ab Hafs (1199-1205) (أبو محمد بن الشيخ أبي حفص abū muḥammad ben a-ayḫ abī ḥafs), the future governor of Ifriqiya (see above).
- Ab Sa`d ben Jm`i (1205-1214) (أبو سعيد بن جامع abū sa`īd ben jām`i)
Sources - JULIEN, Charles-Andr, Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines 1830, first edition 1931, recent edition Payot, Paris, 1994
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