1244, Morocco, Marinid Dynasty, Abu Yahya Abu Bakr. Gold Double Dinar (Dobla) Coin. R! Condition: VF Culture: Marinid Dynasty Denomination: Double Dinars (Dobla) Mint Period: 1244-1258 AD (642-656 AH) Reference: Friedberg 69 ($450 in VF), Hazard 690, Album 520. R! Ruler: Marinid, Abu Yahya Abu Bakr (1244-1258 AD / 642-656 AH) Material: Pure Gold! Diameter: 31mm Weight: 4.64gm Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq (died 1258?) was a Marinid ruler. He was the son of Abd al-Haqq I and the brother of both Uthman I and Muhammad I. During his time as leader of the Marinids, they capture and make Fès their capital. The Almohads attempt a retaliatory strike against the Marinids but it is not successful. The Marinid dynasty (Berber: Imrinen, Arabic: Marīniyūn) or Banu abd al-Haqq was a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Zenata Berber descent that ruled Morocco from the 13th to the 15th century. The Marinids overtook the Almohads controlling Morocco in 1244, and briefly controlled all the Maghreb in the mid-14th century. They supported the Kingdom of Granada in Al-Andalus in the 13th and 14th centuries; an attempt to gain a direct foothold on the European side of the Strait of Gibraltar was however defeated at the Battle of Río Salado in 1340 and finished after the Castilian conquest of Algeciras from the Marinids in 1344. The Marinids were overthrown after the 1465 revolt. The Wattasids, a related dynasty, came to power in 1472.
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