Ishaq ibn Ali al-Murabiti

إسحاق بن علي المرابطي

1147 CE · 542 AH

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.

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Roles
Ruler
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Maghreb
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Life in time

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Overview

Ishaq ibn Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the last of the Almoravid rulers. He is the son of Ali ibn Yusuf, and succeeded his brother Tashfin. 1

Rule and end

He was given the oath of allegiance after his brother died. When the Almohads reached Marrakesh, he went out to them with his retinue, and they killed him. Abd al-Mu'min took the Maghrib in 542 AH. 1

The Gregorian date (1147 CE) is derived from the Hijri date.

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Child of
علي بن يوسف بن تاشفين
Successor of
Tashfin ibn Ali
Ruler of
Almoravid dynasty

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علي بن يوسف بن تاشفين· Tashfin ibn Ali· Almoravid dynasty· The extinction of the Almoravid state in al-Andalus, 552· ابن زهر الحفيد· يوسف بن تاشفين أمير المسلمين· Ghana Empire

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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علي بن يوسف بن تاشفين

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.