Marinid rule in the 1320s

Timeline

1. 1320–1325Fez · MoroccoUthman II maintained the Marinid court and bureaucracy in Fez, continued patronizing religious madrasas and public buildings, controlled central-northern Morocco through a network of tribal alliances, and maintained a competitive relationship with Tlemcen.
2. 1326–1330Marrakesh · MoroccoIn the late 1320s, the Marinids faced constant border friction with Granada's Nasrids and Castile; Prince Abu al-Hasan Ali (later Sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali) gradually gained military command, and by around 1329 was already participating in campaigns against southern Berber tribes, laying the groundwork for the Maghreb unification wars after his accession in 1331.