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Hafsid polity
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294914935
APP
2002-02-12
INP
2002-02-12
STA
Approved
UPD
2012-07-20
DUT
Hafsid rijk
IND
1
MIS
HR. ASAR. Named for the founder of the house, Abu Hafs Umar, a Berber chieftain, the kingdom was established in 1236 by his grandson Abu Zakariyya, the Almohad governor of Tunis, who declared himself independent.
PPN
294914935
UDC
340.141.1Hafsides
SN
1236-1534. Location: Tunisia, plus the present-day area of Constantine in Algeria, plus Tripolitania in Libya.
MRF
321Hafsid
UF
Hafsid Kingdom
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