Abu Hammu I

Abu Hammu I
Sultan of the Tlemcen Kingdom
Reign1308–1318
PredecessorAbu Zayyan I
SuccessorAbu Tashufin I
Born1266
Died1318 (aged 52)
Issue
Names
Musa ibn Abī Saʿīd Uthman
HouseZayyanid

Musa ibn Abī Saʿīd ʿUt̲h̲mān ibn Yag̲h̲murāsan (Arabic: أبو حمو موسى الأول) (died 1318), known as Abu Hammu I, was the fourth Zayyanid Sultan of the Kingdom of Tlemcen. He was proclaimed Sultan on 21 S̲h̲awwāl 707/15 April 1308 after the death of his brother Abu-I Zayyan I. He ruled until 1318, when he was assassinated at the hands of his son Abu Tashufin I, who ascended the throne in his place.[1]

  1. ^ Bel, A. (1986) [1960]. "Abū Ḥammu I". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p. 122. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0192. ISBN 9004081143.