Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz

Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz
Sultan of the Hammadid Sultanate
Reign	1121 – 10 November 1152 [1]
Predecessor	Abd al-Aziz ibn Mansur
Successor	Almohad conquest
Born	unknown date
Died	1162 [2]
Dynasty	Hammadid dynasty
Religion	Islam

Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz (Arabic: يحيى بن عبدالعزيز الحمادي) was the last ruler of the Hammadids from 1121 to 10 November 1152, when the dynasty's rule was ended by the Almohad Caliphate and Yahya presented his submission.^[3][4][5]

Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz is described as a virtuous and magnanimous prince, but of weak character and obsessed with women and hunting ; he would surround himself with old men and women which would entertain him. His sisters Taqsut, Umm Mallal and Shiblah would dress themselves as brides to make their brother laugh. Then he would fall asleep and when he woke up, would directly go hunt.^[6]

References

1. Hadi, Roger Idris (1962). La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides (PDF). p. 369.
2. Hadi, Roger Idris (1962). La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides (PDF). p. 370.
3. Hadi, Roger Idris (1962). La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides (PDF). p. 369.
4. Africa, International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of (1984-12-31). General History of Africa: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century. UNESCO Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-92-3-101710-0.
5. Boscs, Françoise des; Dejugnat, Yann; Haushalter, Arthur (2019-10-24). Le détroit de Gibraltar (Antiquité - Moyen Âge). I: Représentations, perceptions, imaginaires (in French). Casa de Velázquez. p. 331. ISBN 978-84-9096-161-2.
6. Hadi, Roger Idris (1962). La Berberie Orientale Sous les Zirides (PDF). p. 364.

Preceded by Abd al-Aziz ibn Mansur

Hammadid ruler 1121–1152

Almohad conquest