The Almohad Caliphate (IPA: /ˈælməhæd/; Arabic: خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or دَوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or ٱلدَّوْلَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِيَّةُ from Arabic: ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ...

seized Marrakesh, ending the Almohad domination of the Western Maghreb. The Fatimid Caliphate was an Isma'ili Shi'i caliphate, originally based in Tunisia...

Christianity, and Judaism—the Almohads rejected the status of Dhimma completely.: 171–172  As the Almohad Caliphate expanded, Abd al-Mu'min ordered...

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

Yaʿlā al-Kūmī Abū Muḥammad) was a prominent member of the Almohad movement. Although the Almohad movement itself was founded by Ibn Tumart, Abd al-Mu’min...

Abbasids who claimed the caliphates for themselves, such as the Isma'ili Shia Fatimids, the Sunni Ummayyads in Córdoba and the Almohads, who followed their...

1146 to 1150. All three taifas became part of the Almohad Caliphate in 1151. The Almohad Caliphate lasted from 1121 to 1269. During much of this time...

many taifas re-appeared only to be incorporated by the Almohad Caliphate. The fall of the Almohads resulted in a flourishing of the taifas, and this was...

the Rashidun Caliphate. The early Muslim conquests were responsible for the spread of Islam. By the 8th century CE, the Umayyad Caliphate extended from...

The Emirate of Córdoba, from 929, the Caliphate of Córdoba, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its territory comprised...

The caliphate of the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: خلافت مقامى, romanized: hilâfet makamı, lit. 'office of the caliphate') was the claim of the heads...

power was held by Berber dynasties such as the Almoravid dynasty, Almohad Caliphate, Zayyanid dynasty, Marinid Sultanate and Hafsid dynasty. Under Buluggin...

the Almohad Caliphate (1147–1238); the third taifa period (1232–1287); and ultimately the Nasrid Emirate of Granada (1238–1492). Under the Caliphate of...

official state language of government across the entire caliphate. While the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) originally gained power by exploiting the social...

borders with the growing force of the Almohad Caliphate,: 47  and their emirate would finally be annexed by the Almohads in 1152 after a brief clash with them...

the Almohad Caliphate, a North African Berber-Muslim empire that existed from the 12th to the 13th centuries. These wars took place during the Almohad period...

years it fell under the control of neighboring Murcia, and later the Almohad Caliphate. A third time, in 1229, Valencia saw almost a decade of local rule...

the Almohad army, made up of people from all over the Almohad Caliphate. In 1195, the Almohads defeated Alfonso VIII of Castile in the Battle of Alarcos...

Castile, Aragon, Navarre and Portugal and the Almohad Caliphate during the Reconquista. It began when the Almohad caliph Yusuf I attacked Castile from Cuenca...

the Iberian peninsula to assist the Iberians against the Almohad Caliphate army. The Almohads then advanced into Europe with the intent of undoing the...

Early in the reign of William I, the Kingdom of Africa fell to the Almohad Caliphate (1158–1160). Its most enduring legacy was the realignment of Mediterranean...

James the Conqueror after his Conquest of Majorca from the Muslim Almohad Caliphate. In a will written in 1262 after the death of his firstborn son Alfonso...

treatment and persecution of Jews under Almohad rule was a drastic change. Prior to Almohad rule during the Caliphate of Córdoba, Jewish culture experienced...

commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, the third caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, near the end of the 12th century. The tower was intended to be the...

the Hintata and second in command of the Almohads after Abd al-Mu'min. By 1228 Abu Zakariya was the Almohad governor of Gabès and then of Tunis, having...

Marrakesh, the capital of the Almohad Caliphate (now in Morocco), to perform astronomical observations and to support the Almohad project of building new colleges...

Maghreb 739–743 Berber Revolt 1130–1147 Almoravid-Almohad War 1215–1269 Almohad-Marinid War 1125–1269 Almohad-Marinid War 1299–1370 Morocco-Tlemcen conflict...

Caliphate (950–1050) Liao Dynasty (950–1150) Holy Roman Empire (950–1200) Ghaznavid Dynasty (1050) Republic of Venice (since 1100) Almohad Caliphate (1150–1250)...

military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain. It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river....

Africa (the Maghreb). The Almohad docrtine was founded by Ibn Tumart among the Berber Masmuda tribes, but the Almohad caliphate and its ruling dynasty were...