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Abd al-Mu'min

Type Figure Region Maghreb Time c. 1094–1163 Also known as Abd al-Mu'min ibn Ali

Second leader and caliph of the Almohad movement, Abd al-Mu'min unified the Maghreb after Ibn Tumart, took Marrakesh in 1147 to end the Almoravid dyn…

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  1. 1130–1145Rif Mountains · RifAfter Ibn Tumart's death, Abd al-Mu'min, as military commander, consolidated the base in the Tinmel region and gradually advanced on coastal and inland towns held by the Almoravids.
  2. 1141–1150Fez · MoroccoAround 1145 he proclaimed himself caliph; in 1146 he took Fez after a long siege, and in 1147 captured Marrakesh, ending Almoravid rule, and began reorganizing administration and the religious system to unify the Maghreb.
  3. 1151–1163Marrakesh · MoroccoWith Marrakesh as his capital, he continued pressuring the taifa states of Iberia and sent armies across the strait, while suppressing internal dissent in the Maghreb, until his death in 1163.

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