Collapse of the Almoravid Dynasty

Name: Collapse of the Almoravid Dynasty
Start: 1141
End: 1147

Type Event Region Maghreb Time 1141–1147

In the 1140s, the Almoravid dynasty suffered sustained blows from the Almohad religious-military movement in the Maghreb, losing Morocco's core citie…

Timeline

1141–1144Moroccan plateau · MoroccoAlmohad forces won successive victories in the Atlas Mountains and the Moroccan interior; Almoravid control over Berber tribes and religious dissenters weakened sharply, and frontier fortresses fell one after another.
1145–1147Marrakesh · MoroccoAfter losing key places like Fez and Rabat, in 1147 the Almohads captured the capital Marrakesh, the last emir's forces disintegrated, and the dynasty's rule in North Africa completely collapsed.
1147–1149al-Andalus · al-AndalusAfter the North African regime collapsed, the taifa kingdoms of al-Andalus lost their overlord's support; power struggles among local emirs, the Almohads, and Christian kingdoms intensified, paving the way for the Almohad cross-strait intervention around 1146.

Sources

Almoravids — Michael Brett https://www.britannica.com/topic/Almoravids
A History of Islamic Spain — W. Montgomery Watt (1965)