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The Almoravid minbar, commissioned by Ali ibn Yusuf in 1137 and built in Cordoba. Internal view of the Almoravid Qubba, inscribed with Ali's name. [12]He commissioned a minbar now known as the Minbar of the Kutubiyya Mosque from a workshop in Córdoba to furnish his grand mosque, the original Ben Youssef Mosque (destroyed under the Almohads), in the imperial capital, Marrakesh. [13]
Abdallah ibn Yasin: Died 7 July 1059: 1040: 1059: Founder and First Almoravid Leader of Morocco: Almoravid: Abu Bakr ibn Umar: Died 1087: 1056: 1072: Second Almoravid Leader of Morocco: Almoravid: Yusuf ibn Tashfin: Died 1106 In Marrakesh: 1072: 1106: Amir Al-Muslimin: Almoravid: Ali ibn Yusuf: 1084 – 26 January 1143: 1106: 1143: Son of Yusuf ...
The Almoravid governor was besieged in his palace and the rebellion became so serious that Ali ibn Yusuf crossed over into al-Andalus to deal with it himself. His army besieged Cordoba but, eventually, a peace was negotiated between the Almoravid governor and the population. [157] [156] This was the last time Ali ibn Yusuf visited al-Andalus. [145]
Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan 'Alī ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm ibn 'Abd al-Wahid al-Shaybānī (جمال الدين أبو الحسن علي بن يوسف بن ٳبراهي بن عبد الواحد الشيباني), [1] [2] called 'al-Qifṭī (القفطي; c. 1172 – 1248), was an Egyptian Arab historian, biographer, encyclopedist and administrator under the Ayyubid rulers of Aleppo. [1]
It was built in either 1117 or, more likely, in 1125, by the Almoravid amir Ali ibn Yusuf. [27] [28]: 43 Located just south of the Ben youssef Mosque today, most scholars believe that it belonged to the Almoravid mosque built by Ali Ibn Yusuf and that it was a pavilion used for ritual ablutions before prayer.
An Almoravid dinar minted under Ali ibn Yusuf in Seville featuring Almoravid Kufic script. The greatest extent of Almoravid dinar production started around 1120 and lasted until around 1130; it was the peak of Almoravid prosperity when most of Ali's constructions took place. [1]
Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the Almoravid emir (d. 1161), gave one of his daughters in marriage to Ali ibn Yusuf, the head of Ghaniya clan. He had two sons with her: Yahya and Muhammad. [8] These two became important governors and commanders during the 1120s, under the reign of Ali ibn Yusuf, the son of Yusuf ibn Tashfin who succeeded him as emir (r.
Sharaf al-Din, Shihab al-Din, or Muḥyi al-Din Abu al-Abbas Aḥmad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Qurashi al-Sufi, better known as Aḥmad al-Būnī al-Malki (Arabic: أحمد البوني المالكي, d. 1225), was a medieval mathematician and Islamic philosopher and a well-known Sufi. Very little is known about him.