عثمان بن أبي العلاء شيخ الغزاة
عثمان بن أبي العلاء شيخ الغزاة
c. August 1330 CE · Dhu al-Hijja 730 AH
The Nasrids' shaykh al-ghuzat — by convention a Marinid kinsman since they were the first to rule al-Andalus for their cousins — whose epitaph Ibn Khaldun copied: eighty-eight years spent 'between a dawn ride and an evening raid', seven hundred and thirty-two recorded ghazwas, dying on Sunday 2 Dhu al-Hijja 730 with his sword still drawn over the king of the Rum 1.
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- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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- al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Sa'id Uthman ibn Abi al-Ala' Idris ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Haqq, shaykh of the holy warriors in Granada in the time of the Banu al-Ahmar. He died on Sunday, the second of Dhu al-Hijja in the year 730 AH 2.
The shaykhate of the holy warriors
al-Maqqari reports that the Banu al-Ahmar agreed to give the shaykhate of the holy warriors to one of the relatives of the Banu Marin, because they were the first to rule al-Andalus when their cousins took the kingdom of the Maghrib, so there was no rivalry between them 2.
The inscription on his grave
Ibn Khaldun transmits what was written on his grave: that he lived eighty-eight years, which he spent in the way of God, and that he had completed, according to what is well known, seven hundred and thirty-two raids. The inscription described him as the shaykh of the defenders and the sword of jihad 2.
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 488-489
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.488-489
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