Yusuf ibn Tashfin founds Marrakesh

يوسف بن تاشفين يؤسس مراكش

1070 CE · 462 AH – 1070 CE · 462 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Marrakesh

The Almoravid amir Yusuf ibn Tashfin ordered Marrakesh built in 462/1070; it became the Almoravid capital 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Maghreb
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Marrakesh

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Almohad conquest of Marrakesh· Ibn Rushd becomes the caliph's physician (1182)· The Kutubiyya mosque at Marrakesh· Abd al-Wahid b. Idris al-Muwahhidi· Abd al-Wahid II al-Ma'mun, Almohad· ابن بقي الظاهري قاضي مراكش· Ibn Qatral· ابن رشد الحفيد

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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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.