repression of anti-Marinid forces in Fes. 1258: Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq dies of disease. His uncle, Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq, fourth son of Abd Al-Haqq, succeeds to the throne. 1260: The Castilians raid Salé. 1269: Seizure of Marrakesh and the end of Almohad domination of the western Maghreb. 1274: The Marinids seize Sijilmassa. 1276: Founding of Fes Jdid ("New Fes"), a new city near Fes, which comes to be considered a new district of Fes, in contrast to Fes el Bali ("Old Fes"). 1286: Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq dies of disease in Algeciras after a fourth expedition to the Iberian Peninsula. His son Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr replaces him. 1286: Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr combats revolts in and around the Draa River and the province of Marrakesh. 1288: Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr receives in Fes the envoys of the king of Granada, to whom the town of Cadiz is returned. 1291: Construction of the mosque of Taza, the earliest preserved Marinid building. 1296: Construction of Sidi Boumediene mosque, or Sidi Belhasan, in Tlemcen. 1299: Beginning of Tlemcen's siege by the Marinids, which will last nine years. 1306: Conquest and destruction of Taroudannt. 1307: Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr is assassinated by a eunuch in connection with some obscure matter related to the harem. His son Abu Thabit Amir succeeds to the throne. 1308: Abu Thabit dies of disease after only one year in power in Tetouan, a city which he has just founded. His brother, Abu al-Rabi Sulayman succeeds him. 1309: Abu al-Rabi Sulayman enters Ceuta. 1310: Abu al-Rabi dies of disease after having repressed a revolt of army officials in Taza. Among them is Gonzalve, chief of the Christian militia. His brother Abu Said Uthman succeeds him to the throne. 1323: Construction of the Attarin's madrasa in Fes. 1325: Ibn Battuta begins his 29-year journey across Africa and Eurasia. 1329: The Marinids defeat the Castilians in Algeciras, establishing a foothold in the south of the Iberian peninsula with the hope of reversing the Reconquista. 1331: Abu Said Uthman dies. His son Abu al-Hasan ibn Uthman succeeds him. 1337: First occupation of Tlemcen. 1340: A combined Portuguese–Castilian army defeats the Marinids in the Battle of Rio Salado, close to Tarifa, the southernmost town of the Iberian peninsula. The Marinids return to Africa. 1344: The Castilians take over Algeciras. The Marinids are definitively ejected from Iberia. 1347: