The Hafsid Marinid political relations during the reign of the sultans Abu Saeed Othman and Abu al-Hasan (710AH - 1310 AD) (752 AH / 1351 AD)

Abstract

The relations between any two countries are a rich material with historical events that reflect for us the image of the era in which the two countries lived in all political, social and economic aspects. Perhaps our choice of political relations in particular between the Marinid and Hafsid states came because of their importance in drawing the map of the Middle Islamic era and because they are among the most influential states in the regional and international political arena, as relations between the two countries varied from friendliness and peace that reached the point of intermarriage to blatant hostility and military conflict. Our research came to shed light on the reasons for this difference in relations between the two countries, especially since the Hafsid state appeared earlier than the Marinid state, but the latter became more powerful and influential in the period under study .

The Marinids declared their allegiance to the Hafsids as early as 610 AH (1213 AD) in the hope of gaining much-needed legitimacy from the tribes of the Maghreb, as well as Hafsid support against the Abd al-Wadids of Tlemcen in central Morocco, and ensuring the Hafsids' neutrality in the war between the Marinids and the Almohads. The Hafsid and Marinid dynasties exchanged embassies and valuable gifts in the period following the aforementioned date, even after the fall of the Almohad state and the rise of the Marinid state.