علي بن يوسف بن تاشفين

علي بن يوسف بن تاشفين

c. January 1143 CE · Rajab 537 AH

Ali ibn Yusuf, Almoravid emir; Ibn Tumart publicly rebuked him in the Marrakesh mosque — the astrologer-executioner Malik b. Wuhayb had foretold the man and the emir hunted him in vain 1.

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Roles
Ruler
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Maghreb · al-Andalus & Europe
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Overview

Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin, amir of the Almoravids after his father Yusuf ibn Tashfin. 2

His meeting with Ibn Tumart

Ibn Tumart met him in the mosque of Marrakesh on a Friday, admonished him and spoke harshly to him. Malik ibn Wuhayb al-Jazza', an astrologer, had announced to him the coming of the "lord of the conjunction", and Ibn Tumart sought him but missed him. 2

Notes for researchers

  • The information is from Ibn Khaldun alone; it needs an additional source.

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Child of
يوسف بن تاشفين أمير المسلمين
Ruler of
Almoravid dynasty
Parent of
Ishaq ibn Ali al-Murabiti· Tashfin ibn Ali

People and things also explored

Ishaq ibn Ali al-Murabiti· Tashfin ibn Ali· Almoravid dynasty· The extinction of the Almoravid state in al-Andalus, 552· The Almoravid seizure of Seville· Yusuf ibn Tashfin's killing of al-Mutawakkil, lord of Badajoz· Yusuf ibn Tashfin Given the Title Amir al-Muslimin· The Great Battle Between Ibn Tashfin and the Franks

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p. 1669
  2. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p.1669
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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Ishaq ibn Ali al-Murabiti

Ishaq ibn Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the last Almoravid king; acclaimed after his brother Tashfin's death, he came out with his retinue when the Almohads reached Marrakesh and they killed him, Abd al-Mu'min taking the Maghreb in 542 AH.