Abu Malik Abd al-Wahid

Abu Malik Abd al-Wahid (died 1339), also called Abomelique, was a son of the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali and his foremost general in Al-Andalus. Though he had lost an eye, he governed Algeciras and in 1333 took Gibraltar from Castile, then fought against rebels at Tlemcen in 1334.

When the truce expired in 1338, he returned to Ronda with a large force sent by his father. Castile, Aragon and Portugal joined against the threat and blockaded the Strait, while Alfonso XI raided deep into Marinid territory.

In 1339 he invaded, besieging Jerez de la Frontera without taking it. On the way back his loot-laden army was ambushed and destroyed, some 10,000 men killed or captured. Caught without armour or a horse, he hid by a stream and feigned death, but a Castilian soldier saw him move and killed him with a spear.