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Almohad administrative system

Type Object Region North Africa Time 1121–1269

The Almohad Caliphate rose in North Africa in 1121, controlling most of the Maghreb and al-Andalus by the 1180s, forming a Marrakech-centered central…

Timeline

  1. 1121–1147Rif Mountains and Marrakech · MoroccoIbn Tumart launched the Almohad ("monotheist") movement; in 1147 his successor Abd al-Mu'min captured Marrakech and overthrew the Almoravid dynasty.
  2. 1147–1184Seville · AndalusiaThe dynasty gradually controlled the Maghreb and advanced into Iberia, unifying the remaining Muslim territories of al-Andalus in 1172 and establishing a cross-strait imperial administrative framework.
  3. 1184–1199Marrakech · MoroccoIn 1184 Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur accented to the throne, strengthening the central bureaucracy, the system of local governors (hajib/wali), and a chain of military fortresses, launching multiple campaigns against Castile between 1184 and 1191.
  4. 1212–1269Las Navas de Tolosa · IberiaAfter the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, most territories in al-Andalus were lost, the administrative system contracted to the Maghreb, Marrakech fell in 1269, and the dynasty ended.

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