The Almoravid dinar (Arabic: الدينار المرابطي) was a gold dinar coin minted under the Almoravid dynasty in the Maghreb and Iberia (al-Andalus). The mints...

(Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐɾɐvɨˈði]), (from Arabic: الدينار المرابطي Almoravid dinar), was the name of various Iberian coins of gold and then silver between...

The Almoravid dynasty (Arabic: المرابطون, romanized: Al-Murābiṭūn, lit. 'those from the ribats') was a Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory...

founded circa 1070 by Abu Bakr ibn Umar as the capital of the Almoravid dynasty. The Almoravids established the first major structures in the city and shaped...

al-Qarawiyyin, the Almoravid Qubba, and the Almoravid Minbar bear examples of Almoravid Kufic. The Kufic script of the Almoravid dinar was imitated in a...

Islamic North Africa made use of the Almoravid dinar and Fatimid dinar, gold coins. The Almoravid dinar and the Fatimid dinar were printed on gold from the Sahelian...

Mardanīsh signed a ten-year truce with the republic, agreed to pay 15,000 Almoravid dinars (murābiṭūn) in tribute, exempted the Genoese from tariffs and permitted...

present-day Tunis and used it as a base for further operations. Abu al-Muhajir Dinar, Uqba's successor, pushed westward into Algeria and eventually worked out...

Abd al-Mu'min (r. 1130–1163), they succeeded in overthrowing the ruling Almoravid dynasty governing the western Maghreb in 1147, when he conquered Marrakesh...

it went out to Mediterranean ports and in which it was struck into Almoravid dinars. The spread of Islam to sub-Saharan African was linked to trans-Saharan...

Caliphate of Córdoba (929–1031); the first taifa kingdoms (1009–1110); the Almoravid Empire (1085–1145); the second taifa period (1140–1203); the Almohad Caliphate...

waned as that of the "veiled people" grew through the Almoravid movement. Whether the Almoravids conquered Ghana or not, the country certainly did convert...

Youssef") (Arabic: علي بن يوسف) (c. 1084 – 28 January 1143) was the 5th Almoravid emir. He reigned from 1106 to 1143. Ali ibn Yusuf was born in 1084–1085...

rich regions of the Mediterranean - and obtaining gold currencies, the dinars of Egypt or Syria, ... In other words, Italy was still only a poor peripheral...

a mosque in the Medina quarter of Marrakesh, Morocco, named after the Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf. It is arguably the oldest and most important mosque...

(756–929), the Caliphate of Córdoba (929–1031), the Taifas (11th century), Almoravid rule (1085–1145), Almohad rule (1147–1238), and the Emirate of Granada...

Maghreb, and several Taifa kingdoms in al-Andalus, and empires of the Almoravids and Almohads. Their Berber successors – the Marinids, the Zayyanids, and...

many times. However, it remained independent until the arrival of the Almoravid dynasty, except for a short period of Valencian occupation. The governor...

capital of the Souss region under the Idrisid prince Abd Allah. When the Almoravids invaded from the Sahara Desert under Abd Allah ibn Yasin, Aghmāt was defended...

Marrakesh, Morocco. They were first laid out in the early 12th century by the Almoravid dynasty which founded the city in 1070 CE as their new capital. The walls...

later being occupied by the Almoravids. After a period in which the Balearic Islands were integrated into the Almoravid Empire, it ended up disintegrating...

the Almoravid dynasty against the Christian army in the Battle of Sagrajas (1086), which occurred not far from Badajoz. However, after the Almoravid victory...

itself from Almoravid dynasty. This effort would fail: the emir would be killed by Almoravids a year later. In the 1090s the Almoravids effectively annexed...

Tālākakīn al-Ṣanhājī; reigned c. 1061 – 1106) was a Sanhaja leader of the Almoravid Empire. He cofounded the city of Marrakesh and led the Muslim forces in...

"cut down the fruit trees". He took many captives and a large booty. The Almoravid governor (or king) of Seville, Umar, raised a large army from among his...

transformation into the Almoravid dynasty. According to al-Bakri, in 1055, Abdallah ibn Yasin, the spiritual leader of the Almoravid movement, responded by...

out of all of the taifa kingdoms. It was eventually conquered by the Almoravids in 1090, putting an end to Zirid rule in Granada. The Zirids were a Sanhaja...

Jimena after his death, until being annexed by the Almoravids in 1102. Following the collapse of Almoravid power, Valencia became independent again in 1145...

Amira K. (2016). The Almoravid and Almohad Empires. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748646821. Lange, Dierk (1996). "The Almoravid expansion and the...

lieu of tribute. Sulaymān's residence was in Dénia. In 1091 or 1092, the Almoravids took Dénia and Játiva. Sulaymān fled to Tortosa. The latest dirhams struck...