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Abu Sa'id Uthman III

Type Figure Region Morocco Time 1383–1420 Also known as Uthman III

Abu Sa'id Uthman III (1383–1420), the last effective ruler of the Marinid dynasty, acceded at sixteen in 1398, failed to retake Gibraltar in 1410 and…

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  1. 1398–1400Fez · FezSucceeded his brother Abu Amir Abdullah in 1398 at only sixteen; the dynasty was already in decline, with provincial governors and viziers growing powerful and central control limited.
  2. 1401–1410Morocco–Strait of Gibraltar · Strait of GibraltarBetween 1401 and 1410 he maintained a complex alliance with the Nasrids of Granada, and a joint attack on Gibraltar in 1410 failed; he also had to contend with Castilian and Portuguese expansion along the southern shore of the strait.
  3. 1415–1420Ceuta–Fez · CeutaPortugal seized Ceuta in a surprise attack in 1415, and a joint siege with Granada failed again in August 1419; the lost territory triggered a coup at Fez, and on October 21, 1420 he was assassinated. The Wattasid Abu Zakariya Yahya installed the young Abd al-Haqq II and ruled as regent.

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