Berber dynasty that followed the Almohad dynasty in North Africa in the 13th–15th centuries.
The Marīnids were a tribe of the Zanātah group, which was allied to the Umayyads in Córdoba. In 1248 a Marīnid leader, Abū Yaḥyā, captured Fès and made it the Marīnid capital. The capture of Marrakech (1269) made the Marīnids the masters of Morocco. They waged inconclusive war in Spain and Africa that gradually depleted their resources, reducing the realm to anarchy in the 15th century. Saʽdī sharifs captured Fès in 1554.