Yahya al-Mu'tasim

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[1] who reigned from 1227 to 1229. He was a son of Muhammad al-Nasir[2] and brother of Yusuf II, Almohad caliph.

Yahya al-Mu`tasim
Caliph of Morocco
Reign	1227–1229
Predecessor	Abdallah al-Adil
Successor	Idris al-Ma'mun
Died	1236
Full name Abū Zakarīyā' Al-Mu`taṣim Yaḥyā ibn An-Nāṣir
Father	Muhammad al-Nasir
Religion	Islam

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

1. Pascal Buresi, Hicham El Aallaoui, Travis Bruce, Governing the empire: provincial administration in the Almohad Caliphate (1224-1269): critical edition, translation, and study of manuscript 4752 of the Hasaniyya Library in Rabat containing 77 taqadim ("appointments")
2. Yahya al-Mutasim

Preceded by Abdallah al-Adil	Almohad dynasty 1227–1229	Succeeded by Idris al-Ma'mun