The end of the Banu Abd al-Mu'min dynasty

انقراض دولة بني عبد المؤمن

c. September 1269 CE · c. Muharram 668 AH

Al-Wathiq Abu Dabus, last caliph of 'Abd al-Mu'min's house, fell fighting the Marinids of Tlemcen in Muharram 668 three days from Marrakesh — ending the Almohad dynasty as the Marinids took their kingdom 1.

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Al-Wathiq Abu Dabus, the last of the Almohad caliphs of the Banu Abd al-Mu'min, was killed in Muharram 668 AH in his war with the Banu Marin. 1

What Ibn Khallikan reports

The killing took place in a place three days' journey from Marrakesh. After it the Banu Abd al-Mu'min dynasty came to an end, and the Banu Marin, kings of Tlemcen, seized their kingdom. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p. 16
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al-Wathiq Abu Dabus

The last Almohad caliph, Abu Dabus al-Wathiq — he took Marrakesh in Muharram 665 and had al-Murtada killed at Kutama, then fell in the war with the Marinids in Muharram 668, whereupon the house of 'Abd al-Mu'min ended and the Marinids took their kingdom.