WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Medieval Ifriqiya and the Emergence of the Hafsid Dynasty The Hafsid dynasty ruled Medieval Ifriqiya (roughly the territory of modern-day Tunisia, Eastern Algeria, and parts of Libya) from the 13 th through the 16 th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tunisia was called Ifrīqiyyah in the early centuries of the Islamic period. That name, in turn, comes from the Roman word for Africa and the name also given by the Romans to their first African colony following the Punic Wars against the Carthaginians in 264–146 bce.

Detailed explanation-3: -Therefore, Qayrawan was the city founded as the capital of Ifriqiya.

Detailed explanation-4: -Religious Demography. The U.S. government estimates the total population at 11.8 million (midyear 2021), of which approximately 99 percent is Sunni Muslim.