The Almohad Caliphate (IPA: /ˈælməhæd/; Arabic: خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or دَوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or ٱلدَّوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِيَّةُ from Arabic: ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ...
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Alcazaba of Badajoz (redirect from Badajoz Citadel)
is an ancient Moorish citadel in Badajoz, Extremadura, western Spain. The alcazaba as it now appears was built by the Almohads in the 12th century, although...
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the city, however the defenders still in the high citadel were unexpectedly relieved not by the Almohad Caliph but by the Emperor of León and his army....
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Abd al-Mu'min (redirect from Abd al-Mu'min, Almohad Caliph)
Yaʿlā al-Kūmī Abū Muḥammad) was a prominent member of the Almohad movement. Although the Almohad movement itself was founded by Ibn Tumart, Abd al-Mu’min...
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Almohad architecture corresponds to a period from the 12th to early 13th centuries when the Almohads ruled over the western Maghreb (present-day Morocco...
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Yaqub al-Mansur (redirect from Yaqub, Almohad Caliph)
al-Mansur (يعقوب المنصور) or Moulay Yacoub (مولاي يعقوب), was the third Almohad Caliph. Succeeding his father, al-Mansur reigned from 1184 to 1199. His...
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Siege of Badajoz (1169) (category Sieges involving the Almohad Caliphate)
entered the city; he began besieging the Almohads in their citadel. Afonso set a deadline for the Almohads to surrender the castle, but Umar was confident...
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wearing armour she participated in the defense of the citadel of Marrakesh during the Almohad conquest of the city in 1147. She was raised in the Almoravid...
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The Almohad Caliphate launched a major offensive against the Kingdom of Portugal in the spring of 1190 that lasted into the summer of 1191. The Caliph...
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citadel of the city, begun in the 10th century and then developed into a larger palace complex by the Abbadid dynasty (11th century) and the Almohads...
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