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Abu Sa'id Uthman ibn Abd al-Rahman

أبو سعيد عثمان بن عبد الرحمن

Abu Sa'id Uthman ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Yahya ibn Yaghmurasan; of the Abd al-Wadid house carried off to Morocco in Abu al-Hasan's captivity, released to the frontier jihad in the Andalusian marches, then levied for the Ifriqiya campaign of 748 — when the Qayrawan disaster broke the army they slipped home by Tunis, the folk swearing to Uthman ibn Abd al-Rahman on a shield at Tunis's musalla gate, and he and his brother Abu Thabit, having sealed their pact with Ali ibn Rashid of Maghrawa, restored the Tlemcen kingship in the second round after Abu Inan's death.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Maghreb
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Abu Said Uthman ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Yahya ibn Yaghmurasan, of the house of Yaghmurasan, and one of the rulers of the kingdom of Tlemcen. He regained the kingship with his brother Abu Thabit after the death of Sultan Abu Inan. 1

The course of events in Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun relates that Sultan Abu al-Hasan al-Marini moved the house of Yaghmurasan from Tlemcen to the Maghrib. They asked his leave to garrison the frontiers of al-Andalus, and he settled them on the island. He then called them out with the Zanata to raid Ifriqiya in 748 AH. 1

After the disaster at Kairouan they passed through Tunis and then joined Shalif. Their people gathered to them and gave Uthman the allegiance at the gate of the Eid prayer-ground in Tunis, on the shield. He and his brother made a pact with Ali ibn Rashid, amir of the Maghrawa, and they recovered the kingdom of Tlemcen. 1

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  • The data do not record his year of death or the page number; a second source is needed.

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Abd al-Wadid (Zayyanid) kingdom of Tlemcen

People and things also explored

Abu Hammu I Musa ibn Uthman· Sultan Abu Hammu Musa II· Abu Tashfin I Abd al-Rahman ibn Musa· Abu Thabit Amir ibn Abd al-Rahman· Abu Ziyan Muhammad ibn Uthman· Uthman ibn Yaghmurasan ibn Zayyan· Abd al-Wadid (Zayyanid) kingdom of Tlemcen

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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