Sultan Abu al-Rabi' Sulayman al-Marini

السلطان أبو الربيع سليمان المريني

1310 CE · 710 AH

Abu al-Rabi' Sulayman ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini (708-710 AH); the Marinids swore him after Abu Thabit's death, he jailed his uncle Ali ibn Razika who had grasped for power, crushed Uthman ibn Abi al-Ala' at Aludan field in 'the victory without peer', and made peace with Tlemcen's lord — his days the best of days: truce, quiet and ease until Fez houses sold at a thousand gold dinars and men vied in building marble-and-zellij palaces, dying at Taza in 710 AH.

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Roles
sultan
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Maghreb
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abu l-Fida · Ahmad al-Suhrawardi · al-Abili, Abu Abd Allah · Al-Adfawi, Ja'far ibn Tha'laba · Al-Astarabadhi, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad

Overview

The sultan Abu al-Rabi' Sulayman ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini ruled from 708 to 710 AH, as the successor of his brother Abu Thabit in the sultanate of the Marinids. The Marinids gave him their allegiance after his brother's death. 1

His days

Ibn Khaldun relates that he seized his uncle Ali ibn Rizaka, who had sought the matter, defeated Uthman ibn Abi al-Ala' at the square of Aludan, and made peace with the lord of Tlemcen. He describes his days as the best of days: truce, calm and luxury, to the point that people went to excess in the prices of property, and houses in Fez were sold for a thousand dinars, and they vied in building with stone, marble and tiles. 1

He died at Tazi in 710 AH. 1

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Ruler of
Marinid dynasty
Successor of
Sultan Abu Thabit al-Marini
Predecessor of
Sultan Abu Sa'id Uthman II al-Marini

People and things also explored

Marinid dynasty· Sultan Abu Sa'id Uthman II al-Marini· Sultan Abu Thabit al-Marini· Sultan Abu al-Abbas Ahmad al-Musta'in al-Marini· Abu Inan Faris al-Marini· Al-Mawla Abu Salim Ibrahim al-Marini· Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Marini· Almohad Caliphate

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Marinid dynasty

A ruling dynasty established in 1215 CE and ended in 1465 CE.