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Abu al-Hasan al-Marini, sultan of the Maghrib

أبو الحسن المريني سلطان المغرب

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman al-Marini, sultan of the Maghreb, who styled himself amir al-mu'minin, 'sultan of the two shores, guardian of both banks'; he copied three noble mushafs in his own hand for the three mosques to which journeys are made, endowed waqfs on them whose titulature the great chancery writer Ibn Nubata composed, and sent al-Nasir Muhammad 325 great rubies, 128 emeralds and 128 zabarjads — al-Maqqari himself saw the Jerusalem copy in finest workmanship; he ruled ten years and seven days before his son Abu Inan deposed him 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Maghreb · al-Andalus & Europe
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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman al-Marini, sultan of the Maghrib, who styled himself Commander of the Muslims, Sultan of the Two Shores and Protector of the Two Edges. Al-Maqqari says that he wrote three copies of the Qur'an in his own hand and sent them to the three mosques to which journeys are made, and endowed endowments upon them. He sent to al-Malik al-Nasir ibn Qalawun a gift of precious stones, and wrote him a letter composed by Ibn Nubata al-Misri. 2

Al-Maqqari says that he saw one of these copies, the one in Jerusalem. He says that he ruled for ten years and seven days, and was then replaced by his son Abu Inan. 3

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Parent of
Abu Inan Faris al-Marini
Participated in
Battle of Tarifa and the Testing of the Muslims· Naval battle of the Strait and the taking of the Muslim fleet· The fall of al-Jazira al-Khadra and the breaking of the fleet· The Kairouan disaster· Abu al-Hasan al-Marini's entry into Ifriqiya

People and things also explored

The Kairouan disaster· Abu Inan Faris al-Marini· Al-Mawla Abu Salim Ibrahim al-Marini· Alfonso XI of Castile· Muhammad ibn Ali al-Azafi· Sultan Yusuf I Abu al-Hajjaj al-Nasri· Tarifa· Tunis

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 403-404
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.403-404
  3. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.404
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Hasan al-Marini, sultan of the Maghrib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-al-hasan-al-marini/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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The Kairouan disaster

The greatest battle of the Marinid era: the Arabs of Ifriqiya — sons of Mihhal, the Ka'ub and Banu Sulaym — rose against Abu al-Hasan's army and set over themselves Ahmad ibn Hamza back from Alexandria; the sultan marched in the hajj days of 748 and routed them at the defile below Kairouan, but they regathered, turned and hemmed him in the city, broke his ranks and plundered his camp, while he escaped to Susa and sailed for Tunis as the Arabs with Ibn Abi Dabbus laid siege to the capital — until he abandoned Ifriqiya for the Maghreb, his son Abu Inan having seized the throne in his absence.