The Hafsids (Arabic: الحفصيون / ALA-LC: al-Ḥafṣiyūn) were a Masmuda-Berber dynasty ruling Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) from 1229 to 1574. Their territories were stretched from east of modern Algeria to west of modern Libya during their zenith.
The dynasty was named after Muhammad bin Abu Hafs a Berber from the Masmuda tribe of Morocco. He was appointed governor of Ifriqiya (present day Tunisia) by Muhammad an-Nasir, Caliph of the Almohad empire between 1198-1213. The Banu Hafs, were a powerful group amongst the Almohads; their ancestor is Omar Abu Hafs al-Hentati, a member of the council of ten and a close companion of Ibn Tumart. His original name was "Fesga Oumzal", which later changed to "Abu Hafs Omar ibn Yahya al-Hentati" (also known as "Omar Inti") since it was a tradition of Ibn Tumart to rename his close companions once they had adhered to his religious teachings.
The Hafsids as governors on behalf of the Almohads faced constant threats from Banu Ghaniya who were descendents of Almoravid princes which the Almohads had defeated and replaced as a ruling dynasty.
Hafsids were Ifriqiya governors of Almohads until 1229, when they declared independence. After the split of the Hafsids from the Almohads under Abu Zakariya (1229–1249), Abu Zakariya organised the administration in Ifriqiya (the Roman province of Africa in modern Maghreb; today's Tunisia, eastern Algeria and western Libya) and built Tunis up as the economic and cultural centre of the empire. At the same time, many Muslims from Andalucia fleeing the Spanish Reconquista of Castile and Aragon were absorbed. He also conquered Tlemcen in 1242 and took Abdalwadids as his vassal. His successor Muhammad I al-Mustansir (1249–1277) took the title of Caliph.
How fast can you have your bags packed?
I'm ready to blow this town
Cause this feeling is getting too hard to explain
When it seems like months that you and I have been away
From each other's arms it's only been days
And I, I count down seconds till these play rites will save me
From a feeling I feel that has certainly made me
Oh, you know it's certainly made me
Too upset to describe, how when I close my eyes
You're sitting right beside me on this bed here tonight
You know I'd have to say to you
How fast can you have your bags packed?
I'm ready to blow this town
Friendships are less important, I'm going to feel let down
Cause one thing, between road signs and street lights
When I shut my eyes to the world outside
It's just another thought of you and I
I'm so mad that I never got to say goodbye
And I all can do is sit here and wonder why
You were taken from my life
And as I count down seconds till I see you again
I've got our memories in my head
And I just can't seem to understand
(So now I'll understand)
How when i look into your eyes
I could always realize
That you and I could have been together for all times
You know I'd have to say to you
How fast can you have your bags packed?
I'm ready to blow this town
Friendships are less important , I'm going to feel let down
Cause one thing, between road signs and street lights
When I shut my eyes to the world outside
It's just another thought of you and I
Last night I had this dream, it was the most amazing thing
There we were standing side by side, just like the past 12 months
And in a sea of wishful thinking, you know I pray to God
I might spend forever in this moment and never have to wake up
How fast can you have your bags packed?
I'm ready to blow this town
Friendships are less important , I'm going to feel let down
Cause one thing, besides road signs and street lights
When I shut my eyes to the world outside
It's just another thought of you and I
So we'll blame it on learning, It gets harder with time
But even with distance, I know true love will survive
So we'll blame it on learning, it gets harder with time
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Walk into the afternoon
Did you think you`d be fit for machines and perfume
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Crawl into a narrow cave
All the things you tried to say
On your arm it`s engraved that the world has come apart
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Pull yourself from the room
Walk into the afternoon
Did you think you'd be immune to machines and perfume
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
Crawl into another cave
All the things you tried to save
On your arm it's engraved
That the world's come apart
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
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Put yourself in another place
It's an illusion that we are safe
You've got such a pretty face
That the worlds come apart
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
Pull yourself from the room
Walk into the afternoon
Did you think you'd be immune to machines and perfume
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
Crawl into another cave
All the things you tried to save
On your arm it's engraved
That the world's come apart
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
Put yourself in another place
It's an illusion that we are safe
You've got such a pretty face
That the worlds come apart
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run
How fast can you run