Abu Umar ibn Said

Abu Umar ibn Said , ( Arabic أبو عمر بن سعيد, DMG 'abū ʿumar ibn saʿīd ; † 1287) was the last Raʾīs of Manūrqa ( Menorca ), who ruled the island from 1282 to 1287.

Life

Abu Umar ibn Said succeeded his predecessor Abu Uthman Said Ibn Hakam al Quraishi as Raʾīs of Manūrqa in 1282 .

In his first year in office, the squadron of Peter III. on the way to Tunis ( expedition to Tunis ) near Menorca was driven off by a storm. The city superior of Constantine in Algeria Bugron had in the meantime with Peter III. conspired, converted to Christianity and handed the city over to the Crown of Aragon . Based on the chronicle of Ramon Muntaner , Abu Umar ibn Said is said to have sent ambassadors to Algeria, but they publicly exposed the intrigues they had seen through. Bugron was consequently executed for his betrayal. The surprise effect of the Peters III expedition. was thus omitted and the entire expedition was a failure. Nevertheless, the days of the Muslim Menorca should also be numbered.

The ruins of the fortress of Santa Àgueda

Because in connection with the conquest of the kingdom of Mallorca under the rule of James II , which was led by Peter III. started and by his son Alfons III. was completed, there was a dispute between James II and Peter III. came. A punitive naval expedition followed under Peter's son Alfons III. against Manūrqa, who wanted to take revenge on Jacob II.

Alfons III had left Salou with his invading troops on November 22, 1286 and landed in Menorca on January 5, 1287. Abu Umar ibn Said resisted this attack with his mercenaries from North Africa. The first battle occurred on January 17th, during which the Muslim army was defeated and then fled to the Castell de Santa Àgueda near Madina al Jazira (near present-day Ciutadella ). There it was able to resist for three days. On January 21, however, Abu Umar ibn Said had to sign his surrender due to outnumbered in the Treaty of San Agayz . However, the treaty allowed him to leave Menorca for North Africa - accompanied by 200 remaining followers, the remains of his father, his library and 50 swords. On the crossing, however, the hired Genoese transport ship got caught in a storm and sank without any survivors being recorded.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Aura Pascual, Jose Jorge: Los Almogavares - Desde sus orígenes a su disgregación . Filá Almogávares de Alcoy, 2008, ISBN 84-613-5477-X , p. 72 .
2. ↑ Parpal i Marquès, Cosme: La Conquesta de Menorca, el 1287 by Alfons el Liberal . R. Dalmau, 1964, p. 37 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Abu Uthman Said ibn Hakam al-Qurashi	Raʾīs of Manūrqa 1282–1287