Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Abu Ya'qub Yusuf, sultan of the Banu Marin in the Maghrib, who died in 707 AH during his siege of Tlemcen. 2
The siege of Tlemcen
Ibn Khaldun relates that he pressed Tlemcen, and built opposite it a city called al-Mansura with a wall, a mosque, baths and a hospital. He besieged it for a hundred months until he died at al-Mansura. When his troops moved away, the house of Yaghmurasan destroyed his city. 2
His son Abu Thabit succeeded him.
Connections
People and things also explored
Tlemcen· The Abu Ya'qub–al-Nasir Muhammad embassy exchange· Siege of Tlemcen by Abu Ya'qub the Marinid
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p. 1938-1939
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p.1938-1939
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Ya'qub Yusuf al-Marini”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-yaqub-yusuf-marinid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.