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===Revolt of Abu Yazid=== [[File:Connjunt de la Skifa Kahla.jpg|thumb|right|The fortified entrance to al-Mahdiyya today]] Between 916 and 921, al-Mahdi built a new residence, the fortified palace city of [[Mahdia|Mahdiyya]], on a rocky promontory on the Ifriqiyan coast.{{sfn|Halm|2014}} When Al-Mahdi died in 934, he was succeeded by his son, al-Qa'im ({{reign|934|946}}), who continued his father's policies.{{sfn|Daftary|2007|p=145}} Another attempted invasion of Egypt in 935 was defeated by the country's new strongman ruler, [[Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid]].{{sfn|Daftary|2007|p=143}} The most notable event of al-Qa'im's reign was the revolt of the Zenata Berbers under the Khariji preacher [[Abu Yazid]] in 943/44: almost all of Ifriqiya succumbed to the rebels, and in January 945, the rebels laid siege to Mahdiyya itself.{{sfn|Halm|2014}}{{sfn|Daftary|2007|p=146}} Al-Qa'im died during the siege, and was succeeded by his son, Abu Tahir Isma'il ({{reign|946|953}}). The new caliph concealed his father's death, took to the field, and in a series of battles defeated the rebel armies and captured Abu Yazid in August 947.{{sfn|Halm|2014}}{{sfn|Daftary|2007|pp=146β147}} The victory over the rebel leader, who had almost destroyed the Fatimid state and was symbolically called the {{transliteration|ar|[[Dajjal]]}} ('the false Messiah') by the Isma'ili {{transliteration|ar|da'wa}}, was the moment when Abu Tahir declared himself as the imam and caliph in succession to his father, with the name of [[al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah]] ('The Victor with the Help of God').{{sfn|Halm|2014}}{{sfn|Daftary|2007|p=147}} Al-Mansur moved the Fatimid court to a new palace city, [[Mansouria, Tunisia|al-Mansuriyya]] near [[Kairouan]], but died soon after, and was succeeded by his son, [[al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah]] ({{reign|953|975}}).{{sfn|Halm|2014}}
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