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Ibn Qasi

Type Figure Region Algarve Time c. 1100–1151 Also known as Ibn Qasi ibn al-Husayn

Andalusian Sufi military leader who established an independent regime in the Algarve, resisted the Almohad conquest, allied with Portugal's Afonso I,…

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  1. c. 1120–1143Silves · AlgarveOf Andalusian noble birth, he combined a Sufi ascetic background with local armed forces, gathering followers around the Algarve, with complex early relations to the Almohad movement.
  2. 1144–1151Algarve · AlgarveAround 1144 he openly broke from Almohad authority, established an independent regime centered on Silves, and allied with Portugal's Afonso I to counter pressure from north and south; he was killed in a siege in 1151.

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