Abu Hammu I Musa ibn Uthman

Abu Hammu Musa ibn Uthman ibn Yaghmurasan, sultan of Tlemcen, the fourth of the kings of the Banu Abd al-Wad and the successor of Abu Ziyan Muhammad ibn Uthman in the Zayyanid state of Tlemcen. ¹

Ibn Khaldun relates that he drew his cousin Mas'ud ibn Abi Amir close to his private hours. He gave his son Abd al-Rahman Abu Tashfin companions from the Mu'alluj to serve him. He often blamed and reproached him for his cousin's standing, so the Mu'alluj sensed his jealousy and urged him to seize the affair. ¹

The Mu'alluj waited for the time of the noon rest, when the sultan left his session, and they attacked with their attendants the close men of the palace and killed him with swords. They killed with him Mas'ud ibn Abi Amir and Abu Sarhan, and the viziers of the Banu al-Mallah, chamberlains of the palace, perished. A herald called out in Tlemcen that Abu Sarhan had betrayed the sultan and that his son Abu Tashfin had avenged him. ¹

Estimated at around 718 AH (1318 CE), an estimate based on the common accounts; the conversion is derived. ¹

• The source is single: "al-Ibar". The date is an estimate and needs an additional source.