Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada
{{Short description|Almohad Caliph from 1248 to 1266}}
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| name = Abū Ḥafṣ ‘Umar al-Murtaḍā
| title = Caliph of the Almohad Caliphate
| image = Castillia.jpg
| succession = Ruler of the Almohad Caliphate
| reign = 1248–1266
| full name = Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada ibn Ishaq
| predecessor = Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid
| successor = Idris al-Wathiq
| dynasty = Almohad
| father = Abu Ibrahim Ishaq ibn Yusuf
| mother =
| birth_date = unknown date
| birth_place =
| death_date = 1266
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| religion = Islam|
| caption = Castillian ambassadors meeting al-Murtaḍā, from the Cantigas de Santa Maria.{{Cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Q7tDcPIEgMC&q=al-Murtada | title=Alfonso X and the Cantigas De Santa Maria: A Poetic Biography | isbn=90-04-11023-2 | access-date=18 February 2025 | last1=O'Callaghan | first1=Joseph F. | date=1998 | publisher=BRILL }}
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Abū Ḥafṣ ‘Umar al-Murtaḍā ({{langx|ar| أبو حفص عمر المرتضى بن أبي إبراهيم اسحاق بن يوسف بن عبد المؤمن}}; died 1266) was an Almohad caliph who reigned over part of present-day Morocco from 1248 until his death.
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Life
During his time as caliph, the area of Morocco under Almohad control was reduced to the region around and including Marrakesh. He was forced to pay tribute to the Marinids. He was ousted by his cousin Abu al-Ula al-Wathiq Idris with the help of Marinid ruler Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq, with Idris II then proclaiming himself as caliph.
He was interested in Maghrebi script and established the first public manuscript transcription center at the madrasa of his mosque in Marrakesh.{{Cite book|last=حجي، محمد.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/49744368|title=معلمة المغرب : قاموس مرتب على حروف الهجاء يحيط بالمعارف المتعلقة بمختلف الجوانب التاريخية والجغرافية والبشرية والحضارية للمغرب الاقصى : بيبليوغرافيا الاجزاء الاثني عشر المنشورة|date=2000|publisher=Maṭābiʻ Salā|page=3749|oclc=49744368}}{{Cite web|date=2015-04-03|title=المدارس المرينية: بين رغبة المخزن ومعارضة الفقهاء|url=https://zamane.ma/ar/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%b1%d8%ba%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%b2%d9%86-%d9%88%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a7/|access-date=2020-05-22|website=زمان|language=ar}}
References
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Sources
- Julien, Charles-André. Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830, Payot, Paris, 1994.
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before=Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid|
title=Almohad dynasty |
years=1248–1266|
after=Idris II
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Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:13th-century monarchs in Africa
Category:People from Marrakesh
Category:13th-century Berber people
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