Abdalhaqq II.

Abu Muhammad Abdalhaqq II. Ibn Uthman ( Arabic أبو محمد عبد الحق بن عثمان, DMG Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq b. ʿUṯmān ; * 1420 ; † 1465 ) was Sultan of the Merinids in Morocco from 1421.

Abdalhaqq II was raised to ruler by the Wattasid viziers after the murder of his father Said Uthman (1398–1421) at the age of one. In the period that followed he survived the ongoing power struggles between the viziers and governors of the Wattasids.

In 1458 Abdalhaqq II tried to get rid of the Wattasid domination by killing the entire clan. Only two brothers escaped this massacre, u. a. Muhammad al-Sheikh al-Mahdi . In the following years, Abdalhaqq tried to curb the great influence of the marabouts and the religious brotherhoods by promoting the Sherif , especially the descendants of the Idrisids . It should not be a coincidence that the grave of Idris II was discovered in Fez in 1437 , which soon developed into an important place of pilgrimage.

When Abdalhaqq wanted to revoke the tax exemption of marabouts and religious brotherhoods because of financial problems , this led to increased resistance against the “godless” ruler. While he was fighting the Portuguese near Ceuta in 1465 , an upheaval broke out in Fès, in which the Idriside Muhammad ibn al-Imrami al-Judi was proclaimed imam . Abdalhaqq fell while trying to put down the uprising in Fez.

The power struggles that followed did not lead to a restoration of the Idrisid dynasty. Ultimately, the Wattasids were able to prevail under Muhammad al-Sheikh al-Mahdi (1465–1505).

literature

• Ulrich Haarmann : History of the Arab World. Edited by Heinz Halm. 4th revised and expanded edition. CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47486-1 ( Beck's historical library ).
• Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis Verlag, Zurich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .