In Histoires hafsides, Sébastien Garnier studies the ifriqiyan historiography of the Restoration (1370–1488). His translation of Ibn al-Šammāʿ’s Adilla (scr. 1457) gives access to the quintessence of the sultanian project. This edition explores the Banū Ḥafṣ’ longevity through the mechanisms for the devolution of power, and the evolutions of the polity. It also analyses the paratextual tools mobilised by the authors, as well as the discourse elaborated to legitimise the court of Tunis along the following tryptic: the Almohad inheritance, the deeds of the sovereigns and the anathematisation of the enemy, the ʿarab.

This work was edited by Sébastien Garnier. Agrégé in Arabic (2008) and holding his PhD in History (2019), Sébastien Garnier graduated from EHESS and INALCO (Paris). He is specialized in the study of medieval Western Islam and regularly contributes to academic journals.

All those interested in the history of the medieval Maghrib, also by the issues related to its writing and the ideologies that permeate its texts, will find this publication relevant.