Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Identifiers
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Life in time
Overview
Tashfin ibn Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin, son of Ali ibn Yusuf and the last of the strong Almoravid amirs 1.
Against the Almohads
He fought Abd al-Mu'min and the Almohads very fiercely, until they besieged him at Tlemcen. He fled to Oran, and the Almohads followed him and stormed the town. He died in the year 541 AH (1145 CE) 1.
The Common Era date is converted from the Hijri year.
Connections
- Predecessor of
- Ishaq ibn Ali al-Murabiti
- Child of
- علي بن يوسف بن تاشفين
- Ruler of
- Almoravid dynasty
People and things also explored
علي بن يوسف بن تاشفين· Ishaq ibn Ali al-Murabiti· Almoravid dynasty· The extinction of the Almoravid state in al-Andalus, 552· ابن زهر الحفيد· يوسف بن تاشفين أمير المسلمين· Ghana Empire
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p.1649
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Tashfin ibn Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/tashfin-ibn-ali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.