Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- West Africa & Sahel · Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Sulayman ibn Addu, a commander of the Almoravids. He succeeded Abd Allah ibn Yasin in command after his death in the year 450 AH, in the war against the Barghawata 1.
Ibn Khaldun reports that he uprooted them and erased the trace of their call in the Maghrib. He then died in the struggle against them in the year 451 AH 1.
Connections
- Successor of
- Abdallah ibn Yasin al-Jazuli
People and things also explored
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sulayman ibn Addu”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sulayman-ibn-addu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.