The Revolt of Abu Yazid The Fatimids had come to power w ith the help of a Berber tribe called Banu Katama but there were the Banu Zanata, who resented the influence of the former in the Fatimid service. They accepted the Kharijite doctrine and their leader Abu Yazid was successful for two years in holding the whole of North Africa and Sudan. In 334 A.H. Abu Yazid besieged the Fatimid capital of Mahdiya. Qaim defended the town well. But during the siege he
The Fatimids 759 died. Before his death he appointed his son Mansur to succeed him however the news of Qaim’s death was not announced till the revolt of Abu Yazid was finally suppressed in the following year, i.e. 335 A.H.
