Abu Sa'id Uthman II
| 'Uthmān II | |||||
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| Sultan of Morocco Amīr al-Muslimīn |
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| Reign | 1310 – 1331 | ||||
| Born | 1276 | ||||
| Died | Taza, 1331 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Banū Marīn | ||||
| Father | Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb al-Marīnī | ||||
| Mother | ʿĀ'ishah bint Mhalhal al-Kholtī | ||||
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| Abū Saʿīd ʿUthmān ibn Yūsuf al-Marīnī |
Abū Sa'īd 'Uthmān II (or Abū Sa'īd 'Ūthmān) (أبو سعيد عبد الله عثمان بن يوسف ابو يعقوب (7 IPA: [abu: saʕi:d ʕuθma:n bin ju:suf] December 1276 - August 1331)(reigned 1310-1331) was the 10th Marīnīd sultan. A younger son of Yūsuf Abū Ya'qūb, Abū Sa'īd 'Uthmān succeeded his nephew Abū al-Rabï' Sulaymān as Sultan of Morocco in November 1310, at the age of 33.
His full name was 'Abdullāh 'Uthmān ibn Yūsuf Abū Ya'qūb ibn 'Abd al-Ḥaqq. He was the son of Abū Ya'qūb Yūsuf al-Nașr and his wife 'Ā'ishah who was a daughter of an Arab tribal leader (Abū 'Atīyah Mhalhāl bin Yahyā al-Khalti). He was described by his biographer as being of a white complexion, average height and well featured.
Abū Sa'īd 'Uthmān inherited Morocco after a tumultuous period during which the Marinids had survived a dangerous rebellion in Ceuta, a long conflict with the Kingdom of Tlemcen and a severe check from Ferdinand IV of Castile, who, in the previous year (1309–10), had seized Gibraltar and laid siege to Marīnīd-owned Algeciras.
Pious and preferring peace, Abū Sa'īd 'Uthmān refrained from any great enterprises. In 1313, hoping to divest himself of any entanglements on the Iberian peninsula, he returned the towns of Algeciras and Ronda to the Naṣrid ruler Nașr of Granada.
In 1315, Abū Sa'īd 'Uthmān faced a rebellion by his son and designated heir, Abū 'Alī, who ensconced himself in Fez. At first not enthusiastic about a confrontation, the sultan entered into negotiations which would pass the Marinid state over to his son and leave himself as governor of Taza. But Abū Sa'īd 'Uthmān gained courage when he heard Abū 'Alī had fallen ill, and hurried to lay siege to Fez and secure his son's capitulation. Abū 'Alī was removed from the line of succession, in favour of another son, Abū al-Ḥasan 'Alī. However, Abū Sa'īd 'Uthmān granted Abū 'Alī an appanage centered on Sijilmasa in southern Morocco, which he would rule as a quasi-independent state for the next couple of decades. In 1316, Yahyā ibn 'Afzi, governor of Ceuta, revolted against the Marinid sultan, and managed to maintain Ceuta as effectively independent for nearly a dozen years, before returning to the fold.
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