Abu Zayyan as-Sa'id Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz(

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: أبو زيان السيد محمد بن عبد العزيز), was

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Sultan from 1372 to 1374.

Life

Muhammad Abu Zayyan ascended the throne as a minor on the death of his father, Sultan Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz. His father had befriended Lisan al-Din bin al-Khatib, former vizier of

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, and during Muhammad bin Abd al-Aziz's rule al-Khatib was safe. Muhammed III sent two Marinid princes to Morocco whom he had been holding captive in Granada: Ahmad ibn Abd al-Aziz and Abdul Rahman bin Yaflusin, and supported them in taking control of northern Morocco. Muhammad Abu Zayyan was succeeded in 1374 by Abul Abbas Ahmad and Abd-al-Rahman. Abul-Abbas Ahmad (Mustanzir) became the Sultan of Fez, while Abdul Rahman became the independent Sultan of

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. Al-Khatib was imprisoned and in 1375 was strangled to death while in captivity.

References

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