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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman

Type Figure Region Morocco Time c. 1297–1348 Also known as Abu al-Hasan

Marinid sultan (r. 1331–1348), born c. 1297, who extended Marinid power into Algeria, Tunisia, and al-Andalus; died in camp before Tlemcen in 1348.

Timeline

  1. 1331–1340Fez · MoroccoAfter accession he united most of Morocco and pushed east into Algeria and Tunisia, at one point holding several key places in al-Andalus, with Fez as the political and cultural center.
  2. 1341–1348Tlemcen · AlgeriaThrough the 1340s he continued contending with the Abd al-Wadid dynasty and Iberian powers; in 1348, while personally campaigning against Tlemcen, he fell ill and died in camp, and the momentum of expansion was checked.

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