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Decline of the Marinids in the Maghreb

Type Event Region Africa Time 1351–1360

In the 1350s the Marinid dynasty, which ruled Morocco and had once dominated the Maghreb, declined sharply amid succession struggles, rising local dy…

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  1. 1351–1358Fez · MoroccoAbu Inan Faris was one of the last capable Marinid sultans; he campaigned as far as Tunisia, but in the later 1350s court intrigues intensified and local governors grew restive, and the dynasty began losing influence in the eastern Maghreb.
  2. 1355–1360Tunisia · TunisiaThe Hafsid dynasty secured control of Tunisia and the eastern Maghreb, the Zayyanids rose in central Algeria, and the Marinids could no longer rebuild unified hegemony over the whole Maghreb; North Africa entered a multi-power balance.
  3. 1358–1360Fez · MoroccoAfter Abu Inan Faris died in 1358, the throne changed hands several times in a short period; sultans such as Abu Salim Ali struggled to govern the whole realm, local emirs grew more independent, and Marinid central authority collapsed, creating conditions for the later Wattasid takeover.

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