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Abu Tashufin I

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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

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

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

In 1318, he overthrew and killed his father.

In 1329, he led his forces east into Ifriqiya. He captured Algiers. In the Battle of er-Rais the Zayyanids defeated the Hafsids. They then occupied the Hafsid capital, Tunis. 

Abu Tashufin then faced an alliance between Marinids and Hafsids which had been established through the marriage of a Hafsid princess to Abu al-Hasan, Sultan of Marinids. This led to the siege of Tlemcen from 1335-1337. Abu Tashufin I was killed during the siege of Tlemcen by the Marinids and the Hafsids.

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]

The Zayyanids were the first to sponsor of the construction of madrasas in their part of the Maghreb, and among the most famous in Tlemcen was the Tashfiniya Madrasa founded by Abu Tashufin.

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References

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  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