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Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II

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Ahmad II
Caliph of Ifriqiya
Reign1370–1394
PredecessorAbu al-Baqa Khalid
SuccessorAbd al-Aziz II
Died1394
Names
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II
HouseHafsid

Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II (reigned 1370–1394) was an Hafsid Caliph of Ifriqiya. He restored the Hafsid kingdom to full power after a period of disarray which followed the invasion of Ifriqiya led by Abu Inan Faris of the Marinid dynasty.

Sources

Fossier, Robert; Jacques Verger; Robert Mantran; Catherine Asdracha; Charles de La Roncière (1987). Storia del medioevo III: Il tempo delle crisi (1250–1520). Giulio Einaudi editore. p. 368. ISBN 88-06-58404-9.