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Muhammad I al-Mustansir
Muhammad I al-Mustansir was the Hafsid ruler of Ifriqiya from 1249 to 1277 and the first of the dynasty to take the title of caliph, in 1253. His prestige grew after the fall of the Almohads and of Baghdad to the Mongols, and in 1270 he withstood the Eighth Crusade of Louis IX of France, who died before Tunis. His death was followed by succession struggles.
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