Abu Asida Muhammad II

Abu-Asida Muhammad II (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد أبو عصيدة) also known as Abû `Asida Muhammad al-Muntasir Billah, (1279–1309) was the Hafsid dynasty caliph of Tunis.^[1] He was the posthumous son of Yahya II al-Wathiq and successor of Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya. He reigned from 1295 to September 1309.^[2][3][4]

Abu Asida Muhammad II
Caliph of the Hafsid Sultanate
Reign	1295 – September 1309
Predecessor	Abu Hafs Umar bin Yahya
Successor	Abu Yahya Abu Bakr ash-Shahid
Born	1279
Died	September 1309 (aged 29–30) Hafsid Sultanate
Dynasty	Hafsids
Father	Yahya II al-Wathiq
Religion	Islam

Life

During his reign treaties were signed with the Republic of Venice in 1305 and with James II of Aragon in 1301 and 1308.^{[5]: 115–118}

During his reign there was an attempt to end the schism with the western branch of the Hafsids. Abu-Zakariyya, ruler of Béjaïa died in 1301 and was succeeded by his son Abu-l-Baqa Khalid An-Nasr. This prince approached Abu-Assida and concluded an agreement with him that whoever died first was to be succeeded by the other. A treaty agreeing to this arrangement was signed by both parties. Abu-Assida died in 1309 and, according to the agreement, his nephew Abu-l-Baqā Khalid was to be proclaimed emir, but instead a son of Abu Faris bin Ibrahim I, named Abu Yahya Abu Bakr I al-Shahid was proclaimed by the Almohad sheikhs of Tunis to the new emir.^{[5]: 113, 126}