Marinid dynasty

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The Marinid dynasty was a Berber Muslim royal house that ruled much of present-day Morocco and parts of North Africa from the 13th to 15th centuries, succeeding the Almohads and fostering significant urban and cultural development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber dynasty
Muslim dynasty
dynasty
capital Fes
constructed Attarine Madrasa (Fes)
Bou Inania Madrasa (Fes)
Sahrij Madrasa (Fes)
continent Africa
country Morocco
culture Maghrebi
currency gold dinar
silver dirham
declineCause internal dynastic struggles
rise of local warlords in Morocco
endTime 1465
15th century
ethnicGroup Zenata Berbers
followed Almohad rule in Morocco
followedBy Wattasid rule in Morocco
governmentForm monarchy
hasCapital Fes el-Bali
Fes el-Jdid
knownFor architectural patronage
conflicts with the Kingdom of Castile
naval involvement in the Strait of Gibraltar
patronage of madrasas
support of Islamic scholarship
urban development in Fes
languageUsed Arabic
Berber languages
militaryConflict Battle of Rio Salado
wars against the Kingdom of Castile
wars against the Kingdom of Portugal
namedAfter Banu Marin tribe
notableRuler Abu Inan Faris
Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman
partOf history of Morocco
history of the Maghreb
predecessor Almohad Caliphate
region North Africa
religion Sunni Islam
rulingHouse Banu Marin
startTime 13th century
c. 1244
successor Wattasid dynasty
territoryIncludes parts of al-Andalus
parts of present-day Algeria
parts of present-day Tunisia
present-day Morocco


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