Abu Inan Faris [SEP] position held
In 1347 Abu'l Hasan annexed Ifriqiya, briefly reuniting the Maghrib territories as they had been under the Almohads. 
However, Abu'l Hasan went too far in attempting to impose more authority over the Arab tribes, who revolted and in April 1348 defeated his army near Kairouan. 
Abu Inan Faris, who had been serving as governor of Tlemcen, returned to Fez and declared that he was sultan.
Tlemcen and the central Maghreb revolted. 
Abu Inan took the title of "Amir al-Mu'minin" ("commander
Abu Inan Faris
Abu Inan Faris (1329 – 10 January 1358) () was a Marinid ruler of Morocco. He succeeded his father Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman in 1348. He extended his rule over Tlemcen and Ifriqiya, which covered the north of what is now Algeria and Tunisia, but was forced to retreat due to a revolt of Arab tribes there. He died strangled by his vizier in 1358.
History.
Abu Inan's father Abu'l Hasan had taken the town of Tlemcen in 1337.