Marinid Morocco

Timeline

1. 1331–1333Fez · MoroccoAbu al-Hasan ibn Uthman succeeded his brother Uthman III as Marinid sultan, reorganizing the court and army and establishing a Fez-centered ruling order.
2. 1333–1337University of al-Qarawiyyin · MoroccoThe sultan extensively restored the mosques of Fez and the al-Qarawiyyin madrasa, attracting scholars from the Maghreb and al-Andalus; Fez became one of the most important scholarly and artisanal centers of the western Islamic world in the 14th century.
3. 1335–1340Tlemcen · AlgeriaAbu al-Hasan built up his forces and in 1337 conquered Tlemcen, capital of the Zayyanid dynasty, extending Marinid power into western Algeria and creating a new geopolitical configuration with the Hafsid dynasty and Castile.