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12th-century monarchs in Africa

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Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur

Ruler of the Almohad Caliphate from 1184 to 1199

First Caliph of the Almohads

Abu Yaqub Yusuf I

second ruler of Almohad dynasty (r. 1163–1184)

Muhammad al-Nasir

Caliph of the Almohads from 1199 to 1213

Gebre Mesqel Lalibela

Ethiopean Emperor

Mansur ibn Nasir

Tamim ibn al-Mu'izz

Ruler of the Zirids

Abu'l-Hasan al-Hasan ibn Ali

Last ruler of Zirid dynasty 1121-1152

Abd al-Aziz ibn Mansur

Hammadid ruler 1104-1121

Badis ibn Mansur

ruler of the Hammadids in 1104

Yahya ibn Abd al-Aziz

Hammadid Sultan 1121-1152

Yahya ibn Tamim

viceroy of Ifrique

Zirid emir of Ifriqiya

Ọ̀rànmíyàn, () also known as Ọranyan, was a legendary Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the founder of the Benin Kingdom and the Oyo Empire. Although he was the youngest of the descendants of Oduduwa, he became the prime heir of Oduduwa upon his return to claim his grandfather's throne.