Abu Tashufin I

Summary

Abu Tashufin I (Arabic : أبو تاشفين ابن أبو حمو موسى الأول; Abu Tashufin Abd al Rahman Ibn Abu Musa Al-awal), was the 5th Sultan of the Zayyanid dynasty ruling the Kingdom of Tlemcen, in medieval Algeria.[3][4][5]

Abu Tashufin I
Sultan of the Kingdom of Tlemcen
Reign1318–1337[1]
PredecessorAbu Hammu I
SuccessorAbu Said Uthman II and Abu Thabit[2]
Issue
HouseZayyanid

He was the son of Abu Hammu I, the preceding Sultan of Tlemcen.[6]

He overthrew his father and led the conquest of Ifriqiya expanding in the east making the Great Mosque of Algiers Zayyanid also in the capture of tunis the hafsid capital and he had to face the alliance between Marinids and Hafsids by a mariage of hafsid princess with Abu al Hassan Sultan of Marinids which led to his death during the siege of tlemcen from 1335-1337. Tlemcen was conquered by Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman of the Marinid dynasty from 1337 until 1348, when it was retaken by Abu Tashufin's sons, Abu Said Uthman and Abu Thabit.[2]

See also edit

  • Medieval Algeria

References edit

  1. ^ Ilahiane, Hsain (2006-07-17). Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810864900.
  2. ^ a b Marçais, G. (24 Apr 2012). "ʿAbd al-Wādids". Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0129. Retrieved 3 Jan 2022.
  3. ^ رحلة ابن بطوطة
  4. ^ Qantara
  5. ^ Ibn Khaldûn (1332-1406), Le livre des exemples, Volume I, Éditions Gallimard, Collection la Pléiade, (ISBN 2-07-011425-2), 1560 pages
  6. ^ Lara, Fundación José Manuel (2006). IBN JALDUN: STUDIES. Fundación El legado andalusì. p. 84. ISBN 9788496556348.


Abu Tashufin I
Preceded by Sultan of Tlemcen,
Kingdom of Tlemcen

1318–1337
Succeeded by