Ali al-Mandri
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Abu al-Hassan Ali al-Mandri al-Gharnati (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي المنظري, Portuguese: Alí Almenderim, Almendarim), also known as Almandari, Almandali, Al-Mandri I and Sidi al-Mandri, was the re-founder of the city of Tetouan in Morocco. He was born in Granada c. 1440 and died in Tétouan on an unknown date in between 1515 and 1541.
Early life in al-Andalus
According to different sources, al-Mandri comes from a noble Andalusian family. Historian Gozalbes Busto believes that his family comes from Bedmar y Garcíez in the region of Jaen.
During the Granada War, al-Mandri belonged to the side of Boabdil, the last king of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada. When the war started in 1482, he was holding the mayoralty of the fortress of Piñar, north east of Granada. According to 16th century Spanish chronicler Luis del Mármol Carvajal, al-Mandri was a captain of the troops loyal to Boabdil, a firm defender of the castle of Piñar until 1485 when it succumbed, either abandoned or surrendered, after the siege and conquest of the fortresses of Cambil and Alhabar. Portuguese historian David Lopes says of him that in Spain, "...it seems, [he] had played an important role in the struggles with the Christians of the Iberian Peninsula." Portuguese chronicles, those of Bernardo Rodriguez, Damião de Góis and Rui de Pina, situate him as a historical figure although the name of Almendarim refers both to him and to his grandson (or nephew), Sidi al-Mandri II.
Al-Mandri was married to Fatima, a noblewoman, niece of Aben Comixa and a relative of King Boabdil. When she was sent to celebrate her wedding with him in Tetouan, she was captured by Alonso de Cárdenas while trying to cross the river Genil. Conducted to Pinos Puente, where the Count of Tendilla awaited her arrest.
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