Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (born 1297)

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman

Moroccan Marinid sultan (c.1297–1351)

Abu Al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Othman, was a sultan of the Marinid dynasty who reigned in Morocco between 1331 and 1348. In 1333 he captured Gibraltar from the Castilians, although a later attempt to take Tarifa in 1339 ended in fiasco. In North Africa he extended his rule over Tlemcen…