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Abu Inan Faris

1329–1358 · 14th century

Abu Inan Faris was sultan of the Marinid dynasty of Morocco from 1348 to 1358. He seized power from his father Abu al-Hasan, conquered the Zayyanid kingdom of Tlemcen in 1352 and briefly took Tunis in 1357. He built the Bou Inania madrasas in Fez and Meknes and commissioned the account of Ibn Battuta's travels. He was strangled by his vizier in 1358.

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Marinid Sultanate

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Abu Inan Faris. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/abu-inan-faris
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