al-Kutubiyya Mosque, Marrakesh

الجامع الكبير بالمرابطين ⁦(الكتبية)⁩

Marrakesh

Draft card for the Kutubiyya Mosque of Marrakesh — the great Almohad congregational mosque built in the twelfth century; its inscriptions recorded in the Islamic Epigraphy Thesaurus include a religious text, votive texts and a restoration inscription.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Maghreb
Identifiers
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Marrakesh

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Marrakesh

People and things also explored

Almohad conquest of Marrakesh· Battle of al-Buhayra· Yusuf ibn Tashfin founds Marrakesh· Ibn Rushd becomes the caliph's physician (1182)· The Kutubiyya mosque at Marrakesh· Abd al-Hafid of Morocco· Abd al-Wahid al-Makhlu (the Deposed), Almohad· Abd al-Wahid al-Marrakushi

Sources

  • Thesaurus d'Epigraphie Islamique (University of Liege / Fondation Max van Berchem)
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Kutubiyya Mosque, Marrakesh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/kutubiyya-mosque/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-08.

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Almohad conquest of Marrakesh

Draft card for the Almohad conquest of Marrakesh in 1146–47, the Almoravid capital's fall to Abd al-Mu'min; its sources are not yet checked on the page.