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Hafsid Kingdom
Sultanate of Tunis
1229–1574
Flag of Hafsid
Left: Reconstructed Flag of the Hafsid dynasty of the 15th century[1]
Realm of the Hafsid dynasty in 1400 (orange)
Realm of the Hafsid dynasty in 1400 (orange)
CapitalTunis
Common languagesBerber, Maghrebi Arabic
Religion
Islam (Sunni, Ibadi), Christianity (Roman Catholic), Judaism
GovernmentMonarchy
Sultanate 
• 1229–1249
Abu Zakariya
• 1574
Muhammad VI
History 
• Established
1229
1535
• Disestablished
1574
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Almohad Caliphate
Ottoman Tunisia
Ottoman Algeria
Spanish Tripoli
Ottoman Tripolitania
Today part of Tunisia
 Algeria
 Libya


The Hafsids (Arabic: الحفصيون al-Ḥafṣiyūn) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Berber descent[2] who ruled Ifriqiya (western Libya, Tunisia, and eastern Algeria) from 1229 to 1574.

  1. ^ "الحفصيون/بنو حفص في تونس، بجاية وقسنطينة". www.hukam.net.
  2. ^ C. Magbaily Fyle, Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa, (University Press of America, 1999), 84.