TheBanu al-ʿAzafi (Arabic:بنو العزفي), or theʿAzafids, was a noble family in the North African city ofCeuta (Arabic:Sabta).

In 654AH (1256/57 AD)Abu al-Qasim al-Azafi, a member of the dynasty, became the ruler of the city after expelling the governor of theAlmohad caliphUmar al-Murtada. Afterwards, the dynasty were thede facto rulers of the city although they later acknowledged theMarinids as their sovereign.

In 1304 they rebelled against the Marinids, but this independence was short-lived as the city was conquered by the fleet ofNasridGranada in May 1306. In 1309 Granada returned the city to the Marinids and in 1311 Yahya al-Azafi was made the governor of Ceuta and the Azafids returned to the city.

After the death of Yahya (date unknown between 1322 and 1328), order broke down in the city under the rule of his son Abu al-Qasim. At the invitation of the people, Marinid forces marched into the city in 1327 or 1328, ending its autonomy and putting it under the direct rule ofAbu Sa'id Uthman II.

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