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Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz al-Mutawakkil 🇹🇳

أبو فارس عبد العزيز المتوكل (Known as "Abu Faris al-Mutawakkil")
Hafsid Sultan of Tunis, Builder of the Bimaristan and Medersas
Born 1361 AD 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia
Passed Away 1434 AD Near Tlemcen (on military march), Algeria
Lifespan 73 years old
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"A golden reign of forty years where justice, medicine, and learning sheltered the realm."

Archival Overview

Long-reigning Hafsid Sultan (1394–1434 AD) whose forty-year reign represents the golden zenith of Hafsid civilization, builder of the grand Bimaristan hospital and medersas of Tunis.

Biographical Record

Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz al-Mutawakkil succeeded his father Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II. His forty-year reign is considered the Golden Age of the Hafsid dynasty. He expanded Tunisian sovereignty across western Algeria to Tlemcen and eastward to Tripoli, bringing unprecedented economic wealth and artistic flowering.

A deeply pious and enlightened monarch, Abu Faris abolished non-canonical taxes, established the first free public psychiatric hospital and Bimaristan in Tunis, built numerous medersas, and founded the Mawlid (Prophet's birthday) celebrations as a grand public festival of charitable endowments.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Hafsid Royal Mausoleum
Tunis, Tunisia
GPS: 36.7976, 10.1686
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