Hafsid dynasty founded in Tunis

1229

Abu Zakariya Yahya declared independence from the collapsing Almohad caliphate and established the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya. Tunis grew into a cosmopolitan Mediterranean capital, its harbors crowded with Venetian, Genoese, and Catalan merchant ships trading grain, wool, and coral. The Hafsids would rule North Africa for over three centuries, outlasting every other Almohad successor state.