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Abu Inan Faris (born in 1329) was a Marinid
Marinid

The Anglicised name used for this article derives from the Arabic Banu Marin .The Marinid dynasty was a Berber dynasty formed in 1244....
 ruler. He succeeded his father Abu al-Hasan ibn Uthman
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali

Abu Al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Othman was a sultan of the Marinid Dynasty who reigned in Morocco and Al-Andalus .He succeeded his father Abu Sa'id Uthman II....
 as sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
 of Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
 in 1348. He died strangled by his vizier in 1358.

ook the title of Amir al-muminin
Amir al-Muminin

Amir al-Mu'minin usually translated Commander of the Faithful or Prince of the Faithful, is the Arabic style of Caliphs and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers that claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims....
 ("commander of the believers"). Abu Inan had to eliminate one of his nephews who had seized power in Fes
FES

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. He built the madrasas in Meknes and Fes in 1350, and then seized Tlemcen
Tlemcen

Tlemcen is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the capital of the Tlemcen Province. Its population is 132,341 as of the 1998 census. Located inland, it is located in the center of a region known for its olive plantations and vineyards....
 in 1351 and Bougie
Béjaïa

B?ja?a or Bougie in Algerian Arabic) is a Mediterranean seaport on the Gulf of B?ja?a, capital of B?ja?a Province, northern Algeria. Under French colonial empires, it was formerly known under various European names, such as Budschaja in German, Bugia in Italian, and Bougie // ....
 in 1352.






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Abu Inan Faris (born in 1329) was a Marinid
Marinid

The Anglicised name used for this article derives from the Arabic Banu Marin .The Marinid dynasty was a Berber dynasty formed in 1244....
 ruler. He succeeded his father Abu al-Hasan ibn Uthman
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali

Abu Al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Othman was a sultan of the Marinid Dynasty who reigned in Morocco and Al-Andalus .He succeeded his father Abu Sa'id Uthman II....
 as sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
 of Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
 in 1348. He died strangled by his vizier in 1358.

History

He took the title of Amir al-muminin
Amir al-Muminin

Amir al-Mu'minin usually translated Commander of the Faithful or Prince of the Faithful, is the Arabic style of Caliphs and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers that claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims....
 ("commander of the believers"). Abu Inan had to eliminate one of his nephews who had seized power in Fes
FES

Fes may refer to:* Fes, Morocco, also known as Fez, a city in Morocco* Persona 3 FES, an 'add-on' disk for Shin Megami Tensei:Persona 3.FES is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:...
. He built the madrasas in Meknes and Fes in 1350, and then seized Tlemcen
Tlemcen

Tlemcen is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the capital of the Tlemcen Province. Its population is 132,341 as of the 1998 census. Located inland, it is located in the center of a region known for its olive plantations and vineyards....
 in 1351 and Bougie
Béjaïa

B?ja?a or Bougie in Algerian Arabic) is a Mediterranean seaport on the Gulf of B?ja?a, capital of B?ja?a Province, northern Algeria. Under French colonial empires, it was formerly known under various European names, such as Budschaja in German, Bugia in Italian, and Bougie // ....
 in 1352. But he was defeated in 1357 and killed the following year by one of his viziers. He had also built another madrasa in Fes in 1357.

Under his ruling, the Black Death
Black Death

The Black Death, was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, widely thought to have been caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis , but recently attributed by some factors to other diseases....
 and the rebellions of Tlemcen
Tlemcen

Tlemcen is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the capital of the Tlemcen Province. Its population is 132,341 as of the 1998 census. Located inland, it is located in the center of a region known for its olive plantations and vineyards....
 (nowadays a city in Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
) and Tunis
Tunis

Tunis is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Governorate, with a population of 1 200,000 in 2008 and over 3,980,500 in the municipal area....
 marked the beginning of the decline of the Marinids. They proved unable to drive back the Portuguese
Portugal

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 and the Spaniards
Spain

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, who settled on the North African coast during the Wattasids dynasty which succeeded to the Marinids.

Sources

  • Julien, Charles-André, Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830, édition originale 1931, réédition Payot, Paris, 1994