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Abu ’l-Ḥasan
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ʿAlī , tenth ruler of the dynasty of the Marīnids of Fez, was 34 years old when, in 731/1331, he succeeded his father, Abū Saʿīd ʿUt̲h̲mān. Of a strong constitution, he seems also to have possessed the energy and the wide outlook of a great prince. Numerous public buildings show his piety and his magnificence. His reign saw not only the zenith of the dynasty and its greatest territorial expansion, but also the beginning of its decline. In Spain, he took Gibraltar from the Christians (1333), but …

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Marçais, G., “Abu ’l-Ḥasan”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0195>
First published online: 2012
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004161214, 1960-2007



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