Al-Mansur (Fatimide)

Biography

See also: Abu Yazid, Abû Yazîd

The rebellion kharijite carried out by Abu Yazid, called the man with the ass, had stopped under the walls of Mahdia in 945. The capacity fatimide was in very precarious situation with died of Al-Qâ' im. A few days after the arrival of new the Caliph, Ziri ibn Menad, to the head of tribes Sanhadja, managed to raise the seat and pushed back the army of Abu Yazid to Kairouan, where a decisive battle took place under the walls of the city the August 15th 946.

Begin a hunting for the man then. Abû Yazîd flees through the mountains. The armies of the caliph dislodge Abû Yazîd which leaves towards the desert. The caliph loses the trace of his adversary. At the end of January 947, the caliph learns that Abû Yazîd prepares to make the seat of Me sila, it makes half-turn at once. Abû Yazîd does not have any more an other solution but to take refuge in the mountains of Kiyana. Finally in August 947, the seat of the mountain finishes. It is captured with half-death of its wounds. The caliph makes it look after to be able the exhiber at the time of his return in triumph, but Abû Yazîd dies. Its corpse is empaillé to be paid to Mahdia like proof of the victory of the caliph. It is after this victory that the caliph gave himself the Al-Mansûr nickname ( victorious ). The movement is completely disorganized but of the hostile tribes zénètes always threaten the empire. They will be a little later pushed back the central Maghreb (current Algérie) by Ziri then appointed governor of the province in reward by Fatimides. This event marks the advent of the dynasty of the Zirides on the Maghreb.

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