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Abu Yusuf Yaqub

Type Figure Region Morocco Time c. 1212–1286 Also known as Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq、Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Marīnī、Abu Yusuf Yaqub

Abu Yusuf Yaqub (c. 1212–1286), fifth Marinid sultan from 1258 to 1286, is regarded as the true founder of the Marinid state;…

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  1. 1258–1269Fez · MoroccoHe acceded in 1258 after his brother Abu Yahya was assassinated, gradually unified the various powers of Morocco, took Marrakesh in 1269 and ended the Almohad regime, establishing core Marinid rule over Morocco.
  2. 1271–1280Algeciras · al-AndalusIn the 1270s he repeatedly crossed the strait to support the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, seizing ports such as Algeciras as forward bases; a great army landed in al-Andalus in 1275, and during the siege of Algeciras in 1278–1279 his son led a fleet that defeated the Castilian navy.
  3. 1281–1286Algeciras · al-AndalusFrom 1282 to 1285 he continued expeditions against al-Andalus, and in March 1286 died of illness at Algeciras; his body was buried in the Shalla necropolis he had built, and he was succeeded by his son Abu Yahya Yusuf an-Nasir.

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