Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II | |
Succession: | Caliph of the Hafsid Sultanate |
Reign: | June 1394 – July 1434 |
Predecessor: | Ahmad II |
Successor: | Muhammad III |
Birth Date: | 1361 |
Death Date: | July 1434 (aged 72–73) |
Death Place: | Tlemcen |
Dynasty: | Hafsids |
Religion: | Islam |
Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II (reigned 1394–1434) was a Hafsid Caliph of Ifriqiya.
He proceeded to further consolidate the kingdom after his father Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II had restored its integrity. A strong monarch and an orthodox Muslim he abolished some taxes he deemed incompatible with the teachings of Qur'an, using instead privateer actions against Christian shipping as a way to raise state income. He intervened against his western neighbors, the Zayyanid dynasty of the Kingdom of Tlemcen, and in Andalusia as well.
Book: Fossier , Robert . Jacques Verger . Robert Mantran . Catherine Asdracha . Charles de La Roncière . Storia del medioevo III: Il tempo delle crisi (1250–1520) . Giulio Einaudi editore . 1987 . 88-06-58404-9 . 368 .