Youssef ibn Tashfin
Also known as Abu Yaʿqub Yusuf ibn Tashfin
Leader of the Almoravid dynasty (r. 1061–1106), founder of Marrakech and a key figure in consolidating power in southern Morocco before expanding into Al-Andalus.
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DynastyAlmoravid FatherTashfin ibn Ibrahim Talagagin MotherFatima bint Syr ReligionIslam
Yusuf ibn Tashfin, also Tashafin, Teshufin, (Arabic: يوسف بن تاشفين ناصر الدين بن تالاكاكين الصنهاجي, romanized: Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn Naṣr al-Dīn ibn Tālākakīn al-Ṣanhājī, Berber languages: ⵢⵓⵙⴼ ⵓⵜⴰⵛⴼⵉⵏ; reigned c. 1061 – 1106) was a Sanhaja leader of the Almoravid Empire. He cofounded the city of Marrakesh and led the Muslim forces in the Battle of Sagrajas.