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Abu Yaqub Yusuf II

Type Figure Region Morocco Time c. 1203–1224 Also known as Yusuf II

Abu Yaqub Yusuf II (c. 1203–1224), caliph of the Almohad dynasty in Morocco, succeeded his father Muhammad al-Nasir in 1213 and reigned until 1224;…

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  1. 1203–1212Marrakesh · MoroccoYusuf II was the son of Caliph Muhammad al-Nasir and grandson of Yaqub al-Mansur, raised at the Marrakesh court; during his grandfather's and father's reigns the empire passed through its zenith and the crushing defeat at Las Navas de Tolosa (1212).
  2. 1213–1220Marrakesh · MoroccoIn 1213 Yusuf II succeeded his father Muhammad al-Nasir, acceding as a minor with court notables acting as regents. He maintained suzerainty over the remaining Andalusi territories, but the empire's power in Iberia continued to shrink.
  3. 1213–1224Marrakesh · MoroccoDuring Yusuf II's reign (1213–1224) Almohad authority in Iberia and the Maghreb steadily declined; after his death in January 1224 the dynasty immediately fell into a struggle for the throne and fragmentation. Note: the scholar Averroes (Ibn Rushd), often said to have been his protégé, died in 1198 and was in fact a court scholar under Yusuf I and al-Mansur.

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