Abû ‘Umar ibn Sa’îd, (Arabic: أبو عمر بن سعيد), (died c. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language 1287) son of Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi and last ra’îs^[1] of Manûrqa (1282-1287). Abû ‘Uthman Sa’îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi ( 30 December 1204 - 9 January 1282) (أبو عثمان سعيد بن الحكم القرشي was Manûrqa (منورقة was the Arabicized name given to the island of Minorca by the Muslims from its annexation to the Caliphate of Cordoba by 'Isâm

In his first year in government, King Peter III of Aragon and his fleet stopped by Manurqa on their way to the city of Constantine (North Africa). Peter the Great ( Catalan: Pere el Gran, Spanish: Pedro el Grande; 1239 &ndash 2 November 1285) was the King of Aragon Constantine ( Arabic: is the capital of Constantine Province in north-eastern Algeria. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Bugron, the Lord of Constantine, had secretly plotted with Peter to convert to Christianity and surrender the city to the Crown of Aragon. The Crown of Aragon was a permanent union of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of Aragon. According to Ramon Muntaner’s Cronica, Abû ‘Umar sent messengers to North Africa letting know of this plot. Ramon Muntaner (born in Perelada, c 1270 &ndash Ibiza, 1336) was a Catalan soldier and writer who wrote the Crònica, a chronicle of his life The consequences were that Bugron was executed and Peter’s surprise invasion was discovered.

Ruins of the fortress of Santa Àgueda

Years later, Peter and King James II of Majorca, (Minorca’s vassal lord) came into a dispute. A vassal (also called feodary or fedary) in the terminology that both preceded and accompanied the feudalism of Medieval Europe, Peter’s son King Alfons III of Aragon set out from Salou the 22 November 1286 with an invasion force against Manûrqa. Alfonso III (1265 &ndash 18 June 1291) called the Liberal ( el Liberal) or the Free (also "the Frank" from Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran This was both to avenge Abû ‘Umar ibn Sa’îd and James II. He arrived 5 January 1287. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Abû ‘Umar ibn Sa’îd prepared himself with mercenary troops from North Africa. A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national or a party to the conflict and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by The first battle took place 17 January. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Alfons won this battle and Abû ‘Umar ibn Sa’îd and a few of his followers fled to the fortress near Madina al Jazira, nowadays known as the fortress of Santa Àgueda. The Castle of Santa Àgueda ( Arabized: Sent Agaiz) is found in the municipality of Ferreries, Minorca.

On 21 January, Abû ‘Umar ibn Sa’îd seeing himself outnumbered, signed his surrender with the treaty of San Agayz. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. He was allowed to leave the island towards North Africa, with two hundred of his followers, the remains of his father, his library and fifty swords. Alfons chartered him a ship manned by a Genoese, which according to Muntaner, encountered a storm off the North African coast and was destroyed. Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English There were no suvivors.

Sources

• Ramón Muntaner, Chronicle, tr. Lady Goodenough (available in PDF format).

Notes

^ Arabic Chief, leader. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language