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Abu Yahya Yaqub

Type Figure Region Morocco Time c. 1200–1248 Also known as Abu Yahya Yaqub、Abu Yahya Ya'qub、Abu Yahya Yaqub al-Murtada、Abū Yaḥyā Yaʿqūb

Almohad caliph reigning 1236–1248 who consolidated the Almohad order in North Africa and continued campaigns against the Christian states of Iberia, …

Timeline

  1. c. 1220–1236Marrakesh · MarrakeshAmid the Almohad internal strife and succession crises of the 1220s–1230s, Abu Yahya Yaqub, as a member of the royal house, took part in the contest for power and became caliph in 1236 after court struggles, inheriting an empire that still controlled most of Morocco and al-Andalus but was internally unstable.
  2. 1236–1248Seville · SevilleDuring his reign (1236–1248), Abu Yahya Yaqub continued supporting the remaining Muslim territories in al-Andalus; in 1248 he personally led a great army to besiege Seville to block Castile's reconquest, and died in the army that same year. Seville soon fell, and Almohad power in Iberia contracted sharply.

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