Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini
محمد بن عبد الحق المريني
1244 CE · 642 AH
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini, nicknamed Abu Darba ('father of the blow'); succeeding his brother Uthman he kept up the pressure on Morocco's towns, and in single combat with a Christian captain they exchanged two strokes — the Frank dying of one, Muhammad's face cut by the other, the scar earning him his laqab; when al-Sa'id ibn al-Ma'mun's Almohad host of Arabs, Masmuda and Christian troops near twenty thousand marched in 642, Banu Marin met them at Wadi Yabash where Muhammad fell in the melee to a Frankish champion and the tribe broke to the Ghiyatha mountains.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini, known as Abu Darba, who took charge of the Banu Marin after his brother Uthman, and who was the son of Abd al-Haqq ibn Mahyu. 1
Rule
Ibn Khaldun says that he followed his brother's custom in subduing the lands of the Maghrib and in collecting fines and offices. He met a Roman commander in single combat; they exchanged two blows, the Roman died from one, and Muhammad was wounded on the face by the other, so the scar remained, and from it came his title. 1
His death
In 642 AH the Almohads sent an army with the Arab tribes, the Masmuda and the Roman hosts, and the Banu Marin met them in the valley of Yabash. Both sides endured; then Amir Muhammad died in the battle at the hands of a Roman chief, and the Banu Marin were routed and took refuge in the mountains of Ghiyatha. 1
The Gregorian date of his death (1244 CE) is derived from the Hijri date.
Connections
- Predecessor of
- Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini
- Child of
- Abd al-Haqq ibn Mahyu
- Successor of
- Uthman ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini
People and things also explored
Abd al-Haqq ibn Mahyu· Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini· Uthman ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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