dynasty predecessor religion burial_place title article_title name reign
marinid abu said uthman iii muslim lat long inline , title -- > sultan of morocco abd al-haqq ii
 abd al-haqq ii 1420-1465
abd al-haqq ii

abd al-haqq ii -lrb- abd al-haqq ibn uthman abu muhammad -rrb- -lrb- 1419 -- 1465 -rrb- was marinid sultan of morocco from 1420 to 1465 .
abd al-haqq ii was made sultan in 1420 under the regency of an wattasid `` vizier '' , and later was nominal sultan under wattasid control until 1465 .
abd al-haqq was the son of sultan abu said uthman iii , who made an unsuccessful attempt to recover ceuta from the portuguese in 1419 .
this led to instability in the marinid state culminating in a coup in fez in 1420 , in which abu said uthman iii was assassinated .
at that time , his son and heir abd al-haqq was just one year old .
a succession struggle broke out immediately as other pretenders quickly emerged .
abu zakariya yahya al-wattasi was governor of salé .
hearing the news of the sultan 's assassination , abu zakariya hurried to seize control of the royal palace of fez , proclaiming the orphan child abd al-haqq as the new marinid sultan and appointing himself his regent and chief minister -lrb- vizier -rrb- .
morocco quickly descended into disorder and strife .
by 1423 the regent abu zakariya al-wattasi had emerged the effective ruler of the state .
when abd al-haqq came of age in 1437 , abu zakariya refused to give up the regency .
in 1437 a portuguese attempt to take advantage of the dispute and take tangier by siege proved unsuccessful , raising the morale of the moroccans and increasing the prestige of the `` sharifs '' who had led the defense .
abu zakariya took full advantage of the victory to consolidate his power .
any thought of the regency being surrendered was forgotten .
in january 1438 the tomb of idris ii , founder of fez and of the idrisid dynasty , was fortuitously `` discovered '' .
the tomb became an important destination for pilgrims .
abu zakariya was succeeded by his nephew , ali ibn yusuf in 1448 .
ali ibn yusuf was in turn succeeded by abu zakariya 's son , yahya ibn abi zakariya , in 1458 .
although abd al-haqq was nominally sultan , he held no power .
he was murdered in 1465 .
