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Yahya ibn Ibrahim

Type Figure Region Western Sahara Time c. 980–1056 Also known as Yahya ibn Ibrahim、Yahya ibn Ibrahim al-Jadili、Yahya ibn Ibrahim al-Taghirmi、叶海亚·伊本·易卜拉欣·贾迪利

Yahya ibn Ibrahim was an 11th-century religious leader and jurist of the Sanhaja Berber tribes of the Western Sahara, regarded as a spiritual forerun…

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  1. 1021–1030Sanhaja region of the Western Sahara · SanhajaIn the 1020s he spread religious teachings advocating stricter sharia among the Sanhaja tribes of the Western Sahara, criticizing lax local Islamic practice and promoting the establishment of stricter religious–military communities.
  2. c. 1035–1056Mecca · HejazDuring his pilgrimage to Mecca he met scholars of the Maliki school; after returning home he promoted ribat organizations, entrusting Yahya ibn Umar and others with establishing religious–military outposts in the Sahara, laying the foundation for the Almoravid state.

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