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Abu Said Uthman III

Type Figure Region Morocco Time 1383–1420 Also known as Abu Sa'id Uthman III

Abu Sa'id Uthman III (1383–1420) was the last powerful sultan of the Marinid dynasty, reigning 1398–1420;…

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  1. 1398–1410Fez · Marinid dynastyAcceded at sixteen in 1398, succeeding his brother Abdullah. In the early years he maintained a fragile balance with Granada and the Iberian states, but royal authority was already being eroded by provincial governors and tribal forces.
  2. 1410–1414Gibraltar · GibraltarIn 1410 the Gibraltar garrison defected to Fez, triggering a contest of nearly four years with Yusuf III of Granada; he also backed the proxy al-Said in seizing Tangier, but after the proxy's death he compromised with Granada, and Gibraltar returned to Nasrid control in 1414.
  3. 1415–1420Ceuta · CeutaAfter Portugal occupied Ceuta in 1415, a joint siege with Muhammad VIII of Granada in 1418–1419 ended in a crushing defeat, inflaming domestic discontent. On returning to Fez in 1420 he was assassinated in a coup; the Wattasid chancellor Abu Zakariya Yahya installed his young son, and the Marinid sultan became a puppet.

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