Abu Yahya Abu Bakr II

Abu Yahya Abu Bakr II
Caliph of the Hafsid Sultanate
Reign1318–1346
PredecessorAbu-l Abbas Ahmad
SuccessorAbu-l Abbas Ahmad
Bornunknown date
Died19 October 1346
Hafsid Sultanate
DynastyHafsids
ReligionIslam

Abu Yahya Abu Bakr II (Arabic: أبو يحيى أبو بكر المتوكل ; died 19 October 1346) was the Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya from 1318 to 1346. He was the son of Abu-Zakariyya Yahya III, emir of Bejaia and grandson of Abu Ishaq Ibrahim I.[1][2] Under his rule the former unity of the Hafsid domains was restored.[3]

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