Musa ibn Abī Saʿīd ʿUt̲h̲mān ibn Yag̲h̲murāsan () (died 1318), known as Abu Hammu I, was the fourth Zayyanid Sultan of the

Kingdom of Tlemcen The Kingdom of Tlemcen or Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen () was a kingdom ruled by the Berber Zayyanid dynasty in what is now the northwest of Algeria. Its territory stretched from Tlemcen to the Chelif bend and Algiers, and at its zenith reached ...

. He was proclaimed Sultan on 21 '' S̲h̲awwāl'' 707/15 April 1308 after the death of his brother Abu-I Zayyan I. He ruled until 1318, when he was assassinated at the hands of his son Abu Tashufin I, who ascended the throne in his place.

Biography

When Abū Ḥammū Musa came to the throne, the Kingdom of Tlemcen was facing a serious crisis, following the long and devastating

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Siege of Tlemcen. Abū Ḥammū continued his brother's policy of seeking to restore the Zayyanid's power by managing to pacify the kingdom. He regained his authority over the Banu Tujin and

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tribes and re-established control over the coastal cities of Bijaya and

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. The fortifications of the kingdom were strengthened and he managed to prevent Marinids from expanding beyond the city of

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. As he was busy maintaining a strong army, he showed little interest in the material and intellectual needs of his subjects. He often mistreated his son Abu Tashufin, who assassinated him and then succeeded him on the throne on 22 Jumada I 718/22 July 1318.

References

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