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Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs
Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs was an Almohad governor of Ifriqiya and a son of Abu Hafs Umar, a companion of the Almohad founder Ibn Tumart. Appointed in 1207, he governed the province from Tunis with wide autonomy until his death in 1221. His son Abu Zakariya Yahya broke with Marrakesh in 1229, founding the independent Hafsid state.
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