Ali Abu al-Hasan as-Said
Ali Abu l-Hasan as-Said ( Arabic علي أبو الحسن المعتضد بالله السعيد بن المأمون, DMG ʿAlī Abū l-Ḥasan al-Muʿtaḍid bi-llāh as-Saʿīd b. al-Maʾmūn ) was the tenth caliph of the Almohads (1242–1248).
As the successor to his brother Abd al-Wahid II ar-Raschid (1232-1242), Ali Abu l-Hasan as-Said tried to preserve the Almohad Empire, at least in Morocco . At first he was also able to achieve success when he concluded an alliance with the Merinids / Banu Marin, the previous enemies of the Almohads, and used them as mercenaries against the Abdalwadids . But soon the Merinids fell away from the Almohads and began to conquer northern Morocco. In 1245 Meknes and in 1248 Fez was lost to the Merinids, who controlled northern Morocco.
Under his two successors Umar al-Mustafiq (1248–1266) and Abu Dabis (1248–1269), the Almohads were able to assert themselves in southern Morocco until 1269. With the conquest of Marrakech by the Merinids (1269), the Almohad empire was finally smashed.
In Dante's Divine Comedy , Caliph Ali Abu l-Hasan al-Said appears as the “spotted moon”.
literature
- Heinz Halm (Hrsg.): History of the Arab world. Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47486-1 .
- Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis, Zurich 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ali Abu al-Hasan as-Said |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | tenth caliph of the Almohads |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1248 |