Abu Said Uthman I.

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Abu Said Uthman I. ibn Yaghmurasin ( Arabic أبو سعيد عثمان بن يغمراسن, DMG Abū Saʿīd ʿUṯmān b. Yaġmurāsin ; † 1303 ) was the second sultan of the Abdalwadids in Algeria (1282–1303)

Abu Said Uthman I succeeded Abu Yahya ibn Zayyan (1236-1282) as ruler of the Abdalwadids. Through marriage connections with the Hafsiden , he was able to establish good relations with his eastern neighbors. This enabled Uthman I to withstand the attacks of the Merinids of Morocco , which had been going on since 1295 . The fighting led to severe devastation in the empire. Only the siege of Tlemcen by the Merinids was maintained from 1299 to 1307. The siege city of al-Mansura was even built by the Merinids before Tlemcen, which was even the residence of the Moroccan rulers at times. Despite the overwhelming power of the Merinids, the Abdalwadids were able to assert themselves, which speaks for the support of the dynasty in the population of the empire.

Uthman I. did not live to see the end of the war. Only under his successor Abu Zayyan I Muhammad (1303-1308) did the Merinids withdraw to Morocco in 1307 when dynastic power struggles broke out there.

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 .