Maghreb

المغرب العربي

The lands of North Africa west of Egypt, from Barqa to the Atlantic.

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Maghreb
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Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari· Abd al-Aziz ibn Mansur, Hammadid· Abd al-Haqq I al-Marini· Abd al-Haqq ibn Mahyu· Abd al-Jawwad al-Dumi· Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar ibn Abi Amir· Abd al-Mu'min ibn Ibrahim· Abd al-Qadir al-Maghribi· Abd al-Rahman al-Haik al-Tatwani, Maliki jurist· Abd al-Salam al-Asmar· Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman, Rustamid· Abd Allah al-Qaysi· Abd Allah al-Turjuman (Anselm Turmeda)· Abd Allah ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari· Abd Allah ibn Abi Muhammad, Hafsid· Abdelaziz al-Karaouri· Abdellatif Hammouchi· Abdulsalam al-Lamoghani· Abdur Rahman al-Kattani· Abu Abd Allah al-Abdusi· Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Abdari· Abu'l-Baqa Khalid, Hafsid· Abu al-Hasan al-Kasti· Abu al-Hasan al-Saghir (Ali ibn Muhammad al-Zarwili)· Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili· Abu al-Hasan 'Ali al-Nuri· Abu al-Qasim al-Burzuli· Abu al-Qasim al-Kush al-Dar'i· Abu Bakr al-Muradi al-Hadrami· Abu Bakr ibn Abi Ali al-Dhikwani· Abu Bakr ibn Faris· Abu Bakr ibn Hafs· Abu Bakr ibn Umar al-Lamtuni· Abu Hafs al-Bazzar· Abu Hafs Umar ibn Yahya al-Hintati· Abu Hafs Umar I, Hafsid· Abu Hatim Yaqub b. Labid al-Mazuzi al-Nafusi· Abu Ishaq Ibrahim, Hafsid· Abu Ishaq Ibrahim II, Hafsid· Abu l-Hasan al-Masarjisi· Abu Qurra al-Yafrani· Abu Sa'id Uthman I al-Marini· Sultan Abu Sa'id Uthman II al-Marini· Abu Salim al-Marini· Abu Shu'ayb al-Doukkali· Abu Talul· Sultan Abu Thabit al-Marini· Abu Turab al-Zahiri· Abu Uthman al-Maghribi· Abu Yahya Abu Bakr, Hafsid· Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini· Abu Yahya Zakariya I, Hafsid· Abu Yahya Zakariya II, Hafsid· Abu Ya'qub Yusuf ibn Abd al-Mu'min· Abu Zakariya' al-Wardilani· Amir Abu Zakariya, lord of Bejaia· Abu Zayyan Muhammad IV· Abu Zayyan Muhammad V, Marinid Sultan· Achraf Hakimi· Ahmad al-Badawi Zawitan· Ahmad al-Buni· Ahmad al-Nasiri al-Salawi (Moroccan historian, 1835–1897)· Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni· Shaykh Ahmad al-Rifa'i· Ahmad al-Saghir ibn Hamallah· Ahmad al-Ghumari· Ahmad al-Tijani al-Kitabi· Ahmad al-Tijani· Ahmad al-Zarqani al-Maliki· Ahmad ibn Ali al-Bagha'i· Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri· Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Zakari· Ahmad ibn Zaydan· Ahmad Muqran al-Zawawi· Ahmad Zarruq· Ahmed Bakir Mahmoud· Ahmed Bayram· Ahmed Belkhodja· Ahmed Raissouni· Ahmed Skirej· al-Abili, Abu Abd Allah· al-Ashiri al-Sinhaji· al-Bayduq Abu Bakr ibn Ali al-Sanhaji· al-Fajiji· Shams al-Din al-Faryani· al-Firyani· al-Hajj Bashir· al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Idrisi "al-Hajjam"· al-Hasan ibn Kannun al-Idrisi· Abu'l-Qasim al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Maghribi· Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Lumghani· Abu al-Hasan al-Husri, Ali ibn Abd al-Ghani al-Fihri· al-Loubsi· al-Ma'mun ibn al-Mansur al-Muwahhidi· al-Mufarraj ibn Sallam· al-Mu'izz ibn Ziri ibn Atiyya· al-Murtada Umar al-Muwahhidi· al-Mustansir billah al-Hafsi· al-Mutawakkil 'Uthman, lord of the Maghreb· al-Qa'id ibn Hammad· al-Qasim Gannun· al-Rashid ibn al-Ma'mun al-Muwahhidi· al-Samaw'al al-Maghribi· Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi· al-Sayyida al-Mu'izziyya· al-Shinhaji al-Fishtali· al-Tajuri Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad· Al-Tasuli, Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Rahman· Al-Tattai, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim· al-Wathiq Abu Dabus· Abu Zakariya al-Yafrini, the grammarian· Alawi bin Husain· Al-Tasuli, Ali ibn Abd al-Salam (Maliki jurist)· Ali ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Sijilmasi· Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Hirzihim· Ali ibn Musa ibn Harun· Ali ibn Umar al-Shadhili· علي بن يوسف بن تاشفين· Amer al-Hamel Abu Sibaa· Aziz Akhannouch· Mulla Mohammad Maghrebi
Ruled by
Abu Layla Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Awrabi
Under the rule of
al-Mustansir Yusuf al-Muwahhidi
Site of
The Berber Revolt· Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

People and things also explored

Almohad Caliphate· The burning of al-Ghazali's books in the Maghrib· The killing of Ibn al-Abbar at Tunis, 20 Muharram 658/6 January 1260· Mecca's bay'a to the Hafsid al-Mustansir· Siege of Morella (1232)· Sultan Abu al-Rabi' Sulayman al-Marini· Hassan El Kettani· Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq al-Marini

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  • GeoNames gazetteer
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Almohad Caliphate

The state founded by the followers of the Mahdi Ibn Tumart and his teaching of the divine unity, ruling North Africa and al-Andalus in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries from Marrakesh. 'Abd al-Mu'min was proclaimed caliph in 524/1130, took Marrakesh in 542/1147 and united the whole Maghrib; the Almohads won at Alarcos in 591/1195, were defeated at Las Navas de Tolosa in 609/1212, and were ended by the Marinid capture of Marrakesh in 668/1269.