Abu Yusuf Yaqub

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Letter from Sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub to King Philip III. of France from October 24, 1282

Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abdalhaqq ( Arabic أبو يوسف يعقوب بن عبد الحق, DMG Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq ; † 1286 ) was the third sultan of the Merinids in Morocco from 1259 to 1286 .

During the conquest of Morocco by the Merinids under Abu Yahya Abu Bakr (1244–1258) Abu Yusuf Yaqub was installed as governor in Fez . After the death of Abu Yahya Abu Bakr, he was able to prevail against his son Umar (1258–1259) and other relatives as ruler. In the following period he succeeded in consolidating the Merinid rule. To this end, he set up an administrative center with Neu-Fez, which should also serve as the main weapon station. With the pacification of the empire and the final overthrow of the Almohads (conquest of Marrakech in 1269), Morocco rose again to become the strongest military power in the Maghreb .

Abu Yusuf Yaqub had a reputation for piety for promoting marabouts . He also undertook four expeditions to Andalusia to the in Granada ruling Nasrids against the attacks of Castile support. During the last campaign he died in 1286 at the siege of Algeciras . He was succeeded by his son Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1286-1307).

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