At a glance
- Roles
- Caliph
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Al-Mu'tadid, Almohad lord of the Maghrib; he took power after his brother 'Abd al-Wahid b. Idris in 640, and was killed on his horse's back while besieging a fort at Tlemcen in Safar 646 — al-Murtada Abu Hafs ruled after him, his state lasting twenty years. 1
Connections
- Successor of
- Abd al-Wahid b. Idris al-Muwahhidi
- Died in
- Tlemcen
People and things also explored
the Sa'di attack on Tlemcen (963/1556)· Siege of Tlemcen by Abu Ya'qub the Marinid· Abu Zayyan Ahmad II· al-Hasan al-Zayyani· Messali Hadj· al-Mansura (Tlemcen)· Marrakesh· Abd al-Wahid b. Idris al-Muwahhidi
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 244
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Mu'tadid, the Almohad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-mutadid-almohad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.