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The Marinid Sultanate was a Berber Muslim empire from the mid-13th to the 15th century which controlled present-day Morocco and, intermittently, other parts of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) and of the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain) around Gibraltar.[3] It was named after the Banu Marin (Arabic: بنو مرين, Berber: Ayt Mrin[4]), a Zenata Berber tribe.[5][3] The sultanate was ruled by the Marinid dynasty (Arabic: المرينيونal-marīniyyūn), founded by Abd al-Haqq I.[5][6]
In 1244, after being at their service for several years, the Marinids overthrew the Almohads which had controlled Morocco.[7] At the height of their power in the mid-14th century, during the reigns of Abu al-Hasan and his son Abu Inan, the Marinid dynasty briefly held sway over most of the Maghreb including large parts of modern-day Algeria and Tunisia.[3] The Marinids supported the Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus in the 13th and 14th centuries and made an attempt to gain a direct foothold on the European side of the Strait of Gibraltar. They were however defeated at the Battle of Río Salado in 1340 and finished after the Castilians took Algeciras from the Marinids in 1344, definitively expelling them from the Iberian Peninsula.[8] Starting in the early 15th century the Wattasid dynasty, a related ruling house, competed with the Marinid dynasty for control of the state and became de facto rulers between 1420 and 1459 while officially acting as regents or viziers. In 1465 the last Marinid sultan, Abd al-Haqq II, was finally overthrown and killed by a revolt in Fez, which led to the establishment of direct Wattasid rule over most of Morocco.[3][9]
In contrast to their predecessors, the Marinids sponsored Maliki Sunnism as the official religion and made Fez their capital.[10][3] Under their rule, Fez enjoyed a relative golden age.[11] The Marinids also pioneered the construction of madrasas across the country which promoted the education of Maliki ulama, although Sufi sheikhs increasingly predominated in the countryside.[3] The influence of sharifian families and the popular veneration of sharifian figures such as the Idrisids also progressively grew in this period, preparing the way for later dynasties like the Saadians and Alaouites.[12]
^Sluglett, Peter; Currie, Andrew (2014). Atlas of Islamic History. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 9781317588979.
^The Cambridge History of Africa: From c. 500 B.C. to A.D. 1050. Cambridge University Press. 1975. ISBN 9780521209816. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ abcdefAbun-Nasr, Jamil (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 103–118. ISBN 0521337674.
^Khaneboubi, A. (30 December 2010). "Mérinides (Berb. : Ayt Mrin)". Encyclopédie berbère (in French) (31): 4889–4895. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.568. ISSN 1015-7344.
^Niane, D.T. (1981). General History of Africa. Vol. IV. p. 91. ISBN 9789231017100. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2004). "The Marīnids". The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748621378.
^Ira M. Lapidus, Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century: A Global History, (Cambridge University Press, 2012), 414.
^Le Tourneau, Roger (1949). Fès avant le protectorat: étude économique et sociale d'une ville de l'occident musulman. Casablanca: Société Marocaine de Librairie et d'Édition.
^Lintz, Yannick; Déléry, Claire; Tuil Leonetti, Bulle (2014). Le Maroc médiéval: Un empire de l'Afrique à l'Espagne. Paris: Louvre éditions. pp. 432–435. ISBN 9782350314907.
The MarinidSultanate was a Berber Muslim empire from the mid-13th to the 15th century which controlled present-day Morocco and, intermittently, other...
described more closely in the Mamluk Sultanate, and to a lesser degree in MarinidSultanate of Morocco, the Sultanate of Tunis, and the Emirate of Granada...
also found on a number of emblems and flags, such as that of the MarinidSultanate. It was used extensively by the Seljuqs and is also called the Seljuk...
four-year peace treaty with Granada's neighbours Castile and the MarinidSultanate. Aragon joined in the treaty in May. After gaining more control of...
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early 13th century, the Delhi Sultanate conquered the northern Indian subcontinent, while Turkic dynasties like the Sultanate of Rum and Artuqids conquered...
country to use the Rub el Hizb on its flag was the MarinidSultanate in 1258. Flag of the MarinidSultanate (1258–1659) Flag of Egypt (1793–1844) An Ottoman...
There were several probable motives for their first attack, on the MarinidSultanate (in present-day Morocco). It offered the opportunity to continue the...
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traditions of Morocco) in Tangier on 24 February 1304, during the reign of the Marinid dynasty. His family belonged to a Berber tribe known as the Lawata. As...
other cities. These events marked the beginning of the decline of the MarinidSultanate and the start of the colonial Portuguese Empire. Ceuta was a north...
mansa. As mansa, Sulayman continued the diplomatic relations with the MarinidSultanate that had been initiated by his brother. In 1352 or 1353, Sulayman...
dethroned and the family went into exile in Fez, the capital of the MarinidSultanate of Morocco. His father regained the throne in 1362 and the young Yusuf...
Asia, and beyond, flocked to this academy in the capital city of his sultanate. Consequently, Ulugh Beg gathered many great mathematicians and scientists...
Portuguese forces under the command of King John I of Portugal and the Marinidsultanate of Morocco at the city of Ceuta. The city's defenses fell under Portuguese...
parts of Fez, the second largest city of Morocco. It was founded by the Marinids in 1276 as an extension of Fes el Bali (the old city or medina) and as...
threat by both the Christian kingdoms to the north and the Muslim MarinidSultanate to the south, the population of the Emirate of Granada developed a...
to 1437, Pedro de Meneses became the first governor of Ceuta. The MarinidSultanate started the 1419 siege but was defeated by the first governor of Ceuta...
such as the Almoravid dynasty, Almohad Caliphate, Zayyanid dynasty, MarinidSultanate and Hafsid dynasty. Under Buluggin ibn Ziri the Zirids extended their...
Muhammad IV requested help from Abu Said Uthman II (r. 1310–1331) of the MarinidSultanate in Morocco and gave him territories in the Iberian Peninsula, including...
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Peninsula Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile MarinidSultanate Emirate of Granada Victory Defeat of the Marinid invasion Battle of Guadalmesí (1342) Location:...
as main dynastic color in what is now Morocco for the later Marinids and Saadian sultanates. Whether these white banners contained any specific motifs...
with the MarinidSultanate. The conflict reached a climax in the 1340 Battle of Río Salado, when, this time in alliance with Granada, the Marinid Sultan...