ALMOHADS

ălˈməhădz, Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Spain in the 12th and 13th cent. It had its origins in the puritanical sect founded by Ibn Tumart, who stirred up (c.1120) the tribes of the Atlas Mts. area to purify Islam and oust the Almoravids. His successors, Abd al-Mumin, Yusuf II, and Yakub I, succeeded in conquering Morocco and Muslim Spain, and by 1174 the Almohads had completely displaced the Almoravids. With time the Almohads lost some of their fierce purifying zeal; Yakub had a rich court and was the patron of Averroës. Yakub defeated (1195) Alfonso VIII of Castile in the battle of Alarcos, but in 1212 the Almohad army was defeated, and Almohad power in Spain was destroyed by the victory of the Spanish and Portuguese at Navas de Tolosa. In Morocco they lost power to the Merinid dynasty, which took Marrakech in 1269.

See studies by Abd al-Wahid al Marrakushi 1881, repr. 1968) and R. Le Tourneau (1969).

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A Political Chronology of Africa
Book by David Lea; Europa Publications, 2001
Subjects: Africa--History--Chronology, Africa--Politics And Government--Chronology
...1120s: Muhammad ibn Tumart formed the Almohads al-Muwahhidun in the High Atlas mountains. 1139-1142: The Almohads, under Abd al-Mumin, conquered...Hilal from Ifriqiya were moved by the Almohads to Morocco and a significant Arab element...
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The Oxford History of the Crusades
Book by Jonathan Riley-Smith; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Crusades
...different group of Berber tribes. The Almohads, or more correctly the al- Muwahhidun...enthusiastic supporter and he prayed that the Almohads might one day occupy Mecca and Medina...from the Muslims with the sword of the Almohads, who are the Followers of the Faith...
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The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile
Book by Joseph F. O'Callaghan; Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2002
Subjects: Castile (Spain)--History
...persuasion - abandoned the lord of the Almohads and followed Ibn Hud as king and lord...solidify the mortal enmity between the Almohads and the Andalusians, he viciously fell upon the Almohads, decapitating men, strangling them...
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A History of Islamic Spain
Book by W. Montgomery Watt; Edinburgh University Press, 1965
Subjects: Spain--History--711-1516
...the existing jurists automatically. The Almohads did indeed claim the title of caliph for...continued to exercise their functions under the Almohads in al-Andalus. The further fact that the Almohads had at times to make concessions in order...
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A History of Medieval Spain
Book by Joseph F. O'Callaghan; Cornell University Press, 1975
Subjects: Portugal--History--Period Of Discoveries, 1385-1580, Portugal--History--To 1385, Spain--History--711-1516, Spain--History--Gothic Period, 414-711
...him and opened the gates to the Almohads. Giraldo vainly renewed his harassment...Badajoz, but soon defected to the Almohads, who beheaded him in 1174 when...the initiative now passed to the Almohads. During the next quarter-century...
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The Moses of Cairo
Journal article by Benjamin Balint; Policy Review, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds (Biography)--Book reviews
...erudition, Berber fundamentalists called the Almohads--literally, the Confessors of the...In the course of their conquest, the Almohads persecuted Jews in particular. The Almohad...only in secret. At age 21, when the Almohads invaded Cordoba, Maimonides emigrated...
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Chrétien de Troyes's Cligés in the Medieval Mediterranean
Journal article by Sharon Kinoshita; Arthuriana, Vol. 18, 2008
Subjects: Byzantine civilization, Literary criticism, Medieval literature, Poetry, de Troyes, Chretien
...Castilian-Genoese expedition (1147), but reconquered by the Almohads (a confederation of Muslims from Morocco) in 1157. An important...Homeland of the Almoravids (late eleventh century) and the Almohads (mid-twelfth century), two successive North African confederations...
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A Unique Bilingual Surrender Treaty from Muslim-Crusader Spain
Journal article by Robert I. Burns, Paul E. Chevedden; The Historian, Vol. 62, 2000
Subjects: Arabs in Spain--History, Capitulations, Military--History, Crusades--History, Spain--History, Treaties--History
...armies of the North African Berber empires of the Almoravids and Almohads held sway.(18) The tenth-century eastern visitor Ibn...Cordoba and the North African empires of the Almoravids and Almohads, "the local people could not mount a successful resistance...
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The Early Reconquest Episcopate at Cuenca, 1177-1284
Journal article by James F. Powers; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 87, 2001
Subjects: Christianity, Clergy, Cuenca Ecuador, Economics, Independence movements, Middle Ages, Politics, Royalty, Towns
...these elements is the town of Cuenca. Captured from the Muslim Almohads in 1177, it was designated as an episcopal see virtually at...concejo). Presumably this allowed for the possibility that the Almohads might recapture some of this area, or at least temporarily...
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Special Issue on Crypto-judaism
Journal article by Schulamith C; Shofar, Vol. 18, 1999
Subjects: Iberia, Judaism, Lipiner, Elias, Religion, de Barros Basto, Arthur
...contributions during the Golden Age. The destruction of the Sephardic community, the earlier forced conversions under the Almohads, the increasing persecutions during the Reconquista, and most important, the forced conversion in Portugal of half the exiles...
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Symbol ...or Not
Magazine article by Majid Mohiuddin; Islamic Horizons, Vol. 35, January 2006
Subjects: Architecture, Islam, Islamic life & ethics, Muslims, Symbolism, Symbols
...Almoravids (1056-1147 CE) and the Almohads (1130-1269 CE) from Western Sahara...Fatimids. Completed in 1153 CE by the Almohads, the Tinmal Mosque is located in the...not use "Sunni" minarets at all. The Almohads experimented and likely placed the Tinmal...
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Notes on the Jewish Millennium
Magazine article by David Biale; Tikkun, Vol. 14, November 1999
Subjects: Culture, Jews, Millennium, Minority & ethnic groups
...northern Europe and the rise of the sectarian Islamic group, the Almohads, in Spain. The Crusades launched the first fullscale popular...Semitism. Even as Christian Europe grew more anti-Semitic, the Almohads in twelfth-century Spain began attacking Jewish communities...
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Tunisia: "a Country That Works"
Magazine article by Richard H. Curtiss; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XV, December 1996
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, History, Tunisia
...inland areas. The Hafsids In the 11th and 12th centuries two rival Berber dynasties arose in Morocco, the Almoravids and the Almohads, both founded by religious reformers. The Almohad ruler forced the Normans to withdraw, with a guarantee of safe passage...
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Maghreb Mirror: Berberism
Magazine article by Aicha Lemsine; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XIII, February 28, 1995
Subjects: Algeria, Culture, History, International relations, Minority & ethnic groups, Politics
...Berbers of North Africa erected a series of brilliant dynasties: the Rustamids, Fatimids, Idrissids, Zirids, Almoravids, Almohads, Merinids and Hafsids all had their days in the sun, and all contributed to the patrimony of the Maghreb. In the 14th century...
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Letters
Magazine article; The Nation, Vol. 274, May 27, 2002
...Isabella, but its much-vaunted tolerance ended many years before, in the twelfth century, when power was seized by the Almohads, a fanatical Islamic sect from Morocco, which does bear comparison to the Taliban. They waged a campaign of terror on all...
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Little Charmer
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), December 31, 2006
...while out under the sun, the graves of their servants are a blaze of tiles. Nearby, an earlier dynasty, the 12th Century Almohads, made an even greater mark - building the Koutoubia Mosque, whose 65m-high minaret dominates the skyline. But no trip...


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Almohads
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALMOHADS al m hadz, Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco...conquering Morocco and Muslim Spain, and by 1174 the Almohads had completely displaced the Almoravids. With time the Almohads lost some of their fierce purifying zeal; Yakub...
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Moorish Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...art of Spain and that of N Africa was brought about by the Almohads . Under them the mosque of Tin-Mal, in the Atlas Mts., and that of Tlemcen in Algeria were completed. The Almohads also erected the mosque of Seville, known for its minaret...
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Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Spain, but they in turn were replaced (c.1174) by the Almohads , another Berber dynasty. In the battle of Navas de Tolosa (1212), a turning point in Spanish history, the Almohads were defeated by Alfonso VIII of Castile, whose successors...
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Abd Al-Mumin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABD AL-MUMIN ab dal-mu min, d. 1163, founder of the empire of the Almohads . He was the favorite of the Almohad religious reformer Ibn Tumart and became (1130) his successor. Even before his rise to...
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Yakub I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Mansur the victorious after his victory over Alfonso VIII of Castile at Alarcos (1195). One of the most powerful of the Almohads , he encouraged art and literature and constructed many public buildings in both Spain and Morocco, notably the Giralda at...
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