and silver to the city in caravans. His son and successor, Ali Ibn Yusuf, built the Ben Youssef Mosque, the city's main mosque, between 1120 and 1132. He...

named after the adjacent Ben Youssef Mosque, which was originally the main mosque of the city, founded by the Almoravid Sultan Ali ibn Yusuf (r. 1106–1142...

Sharif Moulay Youssef Alaoui (Arabic: مولاي يوسف العلوي) (born c. 1969 in Rabat) is a cousin of Mohammed VI. He is reportedly a close friend of the King...

ISBN 2747523888. CommunesMaroc. "Sidi Youssef Ben Ali - Marrakech - Marrakech-Safi - Commune-urbaine Sidi Youssef Ben Ali - Communes & Villes du Maroc". Communemaroc...

of stone") and the city's first Friday mosque (the site of the future Ben Youssef Mosque). The Ksar el-Hajjar was located directly north of today's Kutubiyya...

gate known as Bab ash-Sharia.: 114  Sidi Yusuf ibn 'Ali as-Sanhaji (also known as Sidi Youssef Ben Ali), died 1196.: 271  He is buried in a zawiya dedicated...

arrondissements of Annakhil, Gueliz, Marrakech-Médina, Ménara and Sidi Youssef Ben Ali. In the 2014 census, the High Commission for Planning gave the legal...

large water basin. This area was originally a Saadian-era garden, the Arsat Ben Chegra, named after a Saadian vizier. On the south side of the palace are...

Marinid-era Ben Salah Mosque, the Barrima Mosque, Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes, Zawiya of Sidi Ben Slimane al-Jazuli, Zawiya of Sidi Youssef Ben Ali, Sidi Moulay...

mortar with his own hands. Ibn Tashfin's son and successor, Ali ibn Yusuf (or "Ben Youssef" from the French transliteration), built a grand new central...