Almohad Maghreb expansion

Timeline

1. 1199–1201Maghreb · MaghrebAfter succeeding Muhammad al-Nasir reorganized the court and army, strengthened central control over Maghreb cities, and continued the Almohad monotheistic reform tradition to bind the tribal alliance together.
2. 1201–1205Maghreb interior · MaghrebAlmohad forces pushed south of the Atlas Mountains and eastward through the Maghreb, suppressing local chieftain separatism and bringing taxation and trade networks into the caliphal administrative system.
3. 1205–1213Southern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar · MaghrebIn the later part of his reign al-Nasir strengthened military presence on the borders of Andalusia's Christian kingdoms and intervened in western Mediterranean shipping and port control, demonstrating Almohad strategic influence in the western Mediterranean.