Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr

Abu Yaqub Yusuf al-Nasir (Arabic أبو يعقوب يوسف الناصر, Abū Ya ʿ DMG qūb Yūsuf al-Nasir, † 1307 in al - Mansura ) was ruler of the Marinids in Morocco ( 1286-1307 )

Life

Abu Yaqub Yusuf 1286 Abu Yusuf Yaqub his father's successor ( 1259-1286 ). First, some revolts of relatives, as well as a riot of Banu Wattas in the Rif Mountains ( 1292 ) had to be put down before he could dedicate himself to the expansion of the empire. Thus began the 1295 attack on the kingdom of Abdalwadiden, the siege of Tlemcen lasted until 1307. During this siege, Abu Yaqub Yusuf built the siege town of al - Mansura in Tlemcen, which temporarily served as the residence. Although Tlemcen still had not surrendered, the troops of the Marinids 1302 pushed further eastward and conquered Mostaganem and Algiers.

Abu Yaqub Yusuf was also reflected by the depression of Islam in the population earns. In addition to promoting the marabouts and brotherhoods, the celebration was introduced for the birthday of Prophet Mohammed under him in 1292. In this context, the importance of Idrisids was highlighted as descendants of the Prophet.

While Abu Yaqub Yusuf was able to keep up the pressure on the Abdalwadiden that Marinids suffered some setbacks in Andalusia. So conquered Castile in 1291 in alliance with the Nasrid the heavily fortified base Tarifa on the Strait of Gibraltar. Thus, the Marinids were forced to retreat from Andalusia. The Nasrid landed in 1306 even in Morocco and conquered Ceuta. In addition, in the Rif mountains broke a riot of Berber tribes from ( 1306-1307 ).

Abu Yaqub Yusuf In this situation, was killed in al - Mansura 1307 of a harem slave. His successor, Abu Thabit Amir (1307-1308) was forced to withdraw due to an outburst of infighting troops from Abdalwadidenreich and give up conquests.