Ibn Abi Umara

Ibn Abi Umara ( Arabic أحمد بن مرزوق بن أبي عمارة, DMG Aḥmad b. Murzūq b. Abī ʿUmāra ; † 1284 ) was a usurper in the Hafsidenreich (1283–1284).

Ibn Abi Umara ("the deceiver") was the craftsman Ahmad ibn Marzuq from Bidschaya / Bougie , who moved to Tripoli and pretended to be a son of Yahya II. Al-Watiq (1277–1279) with the Bedouins , who in fact did had been executed. In alliance with the Bedouins, Gabès , Kairuan and Sfax were soon occupied . After the Hafsid troops had defected to him, Ibn Abi Umara was able to occupy Tunis and was proclaimed caliph .

In the following years he also succeeded in another victory over the Hafsiden under Abd al-Aziz I and his father Abu Ishaq Ibrahim I , with the latter being taken prisoner and executed. However, the Hafsiden continued the fight under Abu Hafs Umar I (1284-1295). In the following years he succeeded in getting the Bedouins to his side. During the occupation of Tunis that followed, Ibn Abi Umara was captured and executed.

literature

• Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis Verlag, Zurich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .