- Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph
Yusuf II (also Abu Yaqub al-Mustansir Yusuf, 1197 – 1224) ( _ar. يوسف بن الناصر) was Caliph of Morocco from 1213 until his death. Son of the previous caliph,
Muhammad an-Nasir , Yusuf assumed the throne following his father's death, at the age of only sixteen years.Yusuf followed his father in leaving
Ifriqiya in the hands of governorAbû Muhammad ben Abî Hafs , further contributing to its eventual breakaway under theHafsid dynasty . Yusuf was soon challenged for the control of theMaghreb as well as Morocco itself by the growing power of theMarinid dynasty. Thesheikhs ofMarrakesh attempted to invoke a clause allowing the selection of a new caliph, further contributing to the political instability.Yusuf was succeeded by Abdul-Wahid I following his death in 1224.
Viziers
Yusuf had three
vizier s in the first year of his reign:*
Abû Sa`îd ben Jâm`i (1214-1214) (also vizier to Muhammad an-Nâsir)
*Abû Yahyâ al-Hizrajîy (1214-1214) (أبو يحيى الهزرجي)
*Abû `Alî ben Achrafîy (1214-1214) (أبو علي بن أشرفي)
*Abû Sa`îd ben Jâm`i (again) (1214-1223)Abû Sa`îd ben Jâm`i would also serve as vizier to Abdul-Wahid I.
References
*This article began as a translation of the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia, accessed September 30, 2005.
*cite book|last=Julien|first=Charles-André|title=Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830|year=1931.
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