Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid

Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid (Arabic: الحسن المعتضد بالله السعيد بن المأمون‎; abū al-ḥasan al-mu`taḍid bi-llah as-sa`īd ben al-mā'mūn; died 1248) was an Almohad caliph who reigned in Morocco from 1242 until his death.

He succeeded his brother Abd al-Wahid II in a period in which the Almohads controller only parts of Morocco. During his reign, the Hafsids of Tunis extended their rule to Algeria and Tlemcen, while the Marinids conquered Meknes. As-Said was able to obtain a contingent from the Marinids to fight the Hafsids, but was killed in an ambush.

The Marinids took the chacne to conquer Fes, reducing the Almohad effective control to the Marrakech area.

Sources

• Julien, Charles-André. Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830, Payot, Paris, 1994.

Preceded by Abd al-Wahid II

Almohad dynasty 1242-1248

Succeeded by Umar