He succeeded his brother
Abd al-Wahid II in a period in which the Almohads controlled only parts of present-day
Morocco. During his reign, he tried to recover
Meknes from the
Marinids and
Tlemcen from the
Zayyanids. As-Said was able to obtain a contingent from the Marinids who made a nominal submission to him, but was killed by the Zayyanids in the
Battle of Oujda after which his head was taken and ordered to be shown to his mother. The Marinids then took the opportunity to conquer
Fes, reducing the Almohads’ effective control to the
Marrakesh area. ==References==