Almohad Caliphate
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1121–1269 Berber empire in North Africa and Iberia
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It sits within the topics 11th century in Morocco, 12th century in al-Andalus and 12th century in Ifriqiya.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Status
- Caliphate
- Capital
- Tinmel ( c. 1124 –1147) Marrakesh (1147–1269) In Al-Andalus: Seville (1147–1162) Córdoba (1162–1163) Seville (1163–1248)
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Common languages
- Arabic , Mozarabic , Berber languages
- Religion
- Sunni Islam ( Almohadism ) School : Zahiri Creed : Ash’ari
- Demonym
- Almohad
- 1121 1130
- Ibn Tumart
- 1130 1163 first
- Abd al-Mu'min
- 1266 1269 last
- Idris al-Wathiq
- 1150 est high end estimate of peak area
- 2,300,000 km (890,000 sq mi)
- 1200 est low end estimate of peak area
- 2,000,000 km (770,000 sq mi)
- Currency
- Dinar
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 1621393
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- inception
- 1121-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1269-01-01
- native label
- الموَحدون
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Encyclopedic overview
The Almohad Caliphate or Almohad Empire was a North African empire ruled by a Berber Muslim dynasty in the 12th and 13th centuries. At its height, it controlled much of the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
The Almohad movement was founded by Ibn Tumart among the Berber Masmuda tribes, but the Almohad caliphate and its ruling dynasty, known as the Mu'minid dynasty, were founded after his death by Abd al-Mu'min. Around 1121, Ibn Tumart was recognized by his followers as the Mahdi, and shortly afterwards he established his base at Tinmel in the Atlas Mountains. Under Abd al-Mu'min (r. 1130–1163), they succeeded in overthrowing the ruling Almoravid dynasty governing the western Maghreb in 1147, when he conquered Marrakesh and declared himself caliph. They then extended their power over all of the Maghreb by 1159. Al-Andalus followed, and all of Muslim Iberia was under Almohad rule by 1172.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Almohad Caliphate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.