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Abu Inan Faris

Type Figure Region Morocco Time c. 1329–1358 Also known as Abu Inan Faris、Abu Inan Faris ibn Ali、阿布·伊南·法里斯·本·阿里

Marinid sultan (r. 1348–1358) who patronized scholarship and commissioned Ibn Battuta's Rihla in 1349; assassinated in 1358.

Timeline

  1. 1348Fez · MoroccoAfter his father Abu al-Hasan Ali died during the Tlemcen campaigns in 1348, he acceded at Fez, taking over eastern territories that were not yet secure.
  2. 1349–1350Fez · MoroccoIn 1349 he invited the returned Ibn Battuta to dictate his travels at court, commissioning Ibn Juzayy to compile them into a book; in the same period he continued developing Fez's religious and civic buildings.

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