Abu Hammu II Musa

Abu Hammu II. Musa ( Arabic أبو حمو موسى الزياني, DMG Abū Ḥammū Mūsā az-Zaiyānī ; † 1388 ) was Sultan of the Abdalwadids in Algeria from 1359 to 1388.

After the failed policy of Abu Tashfin I (1318-1337) and the occupation of the empire by the Merinids , Abu Hammu II. Musa was able to recapture rule in Tlemcen with the help of the Hafsids and in alliance with the Bedouins in western Algeria . He succeeded again in the restoration of the Abdalwadid empire and the revitalization of the economy. As with its predecessors, the Andalusian culture was strongly promoted. So Abu Hammu II. Musa was friends with Ibn Chaldūn .

However, Abu Hammu II. Musa was not spared from clashes with the Merinids of Morocco . These had allied themselves with his son and heir to the throne Abu Tashfin, so that Tlemcen had to be evacuated from time to time before the attacks of the Merinids. Tashfin was only able to assert himself as ruler in Tlemcen, albeit as a vassal of the Merinids, when Abu Hammu II. Musa was killed in battle against his son in 1388.

The Abdalwadids were spared from attacks by the Merinids in the following years and were able to hold on to power in Tlemcen until 1554. The long-lasting economic and political decline of the empire as a result of the strengthening of the Bedouin tribes could not be prevented.

literature

• Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis, Zurich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .