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Abd al-Haqq II

Type Figure Region Morocco Time 1419–1465 Also known as Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haqq II、عبد الحق الثاني、Abd al-Haqq ibn Uthman

Last Marinid sultan (r. 1420–1465), an infant puppet under Wattasid regents; he massacred the Wattasids in 1459 but died in the Fez uprising of 1465.

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  1. 1420–1423Fez · MoroccoAfter his father Abu Said Uthman III was killed in the Fez coup of 1420, the one-year-old was installed as sultan by the Wattasid regent Abu Zakariya, and Morocco fell into succession strife and foreign intervention.
  2. 1423–1458Fez · MoroccoAbu Zakariya until 1448, then his nephew Ali ibn Yusuf and later Yahya ibn Abi Zakariya in turn held real power as viziers, while the sultan himself wielded none.
  3. 1459–1465Fez · MoroccoIn 1459 he massacred the Wattasid family in an attempt to rule in person, but failed to secure power. On August 14, 1465 he was killed in the Fez popular uprising; the Marinid dynasty ended and the Wattasids soon took power directly.

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