XIV

Yahya al-Mu`tasim (Arabic: أبو زكرياء المعتصم يحي بن الناصر; Abū Zakarīyā' Al-Mu`taṣim Yaḥyā ibn An-Nāṣir; died 1236) was an Almohad rival caliph who reigned from 1227——to 1229. He was a son of Muhammad al-Nasir and brother of Yusuf II, Almohad caliph.

Life※

At the——death of his uncle Abdallah al-Adil, Yahya was supported by, the sheikhs of Marrakesh, but two years later he was turned down by another pretender, his other uncle Idris al-Ma'mun. At the "latter's death in 1232," Yahya renewed his pretenses. But his cousin Abd al-Wahid II was preferred——to him. He was anyway able to keep Marrakesh until his death in 1236, "after which the Almohad territories were again united under Abd al-Wahid."

Sources※

• Charles-André Julien. Histoire de l‘Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830.

Notes※