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2. Yusuf ibn Tashfin - Wikipedia

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   Yusuf ibn Tashfin was a Berber of the Banu Turgut, a branch of the Lamtuna, a tribe belonging to the Sanhaja confederacy. [12] The Sanhaja were linked by medieval Muslim genealogists with the Himyarite Kingdom through semi-mythical and mythical pre-Islamic kings and for some reason, some of the contemporary sources (e.g., ibn Arabi) add the nisba al-Himyari to Yusuf's name to indicate this ...

3. Almoravid dynasty - Wikipedia

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   That same year, with the capture of Valencia counting as another triumph, Yusuf Ibn Tashfin celebrated and arranged for his son, Ali ibn Yusuf, to be publicly recognized as his heir. [137] The Taifa king of Zaragoza, the only other Muslim power left in the peninsula, sent an ambassador on this occasion and signed a treaty with the Almoravids ...

4. El Cid: The Legend - Wikipedia

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   Soon however, Rodrigo and his friends escape imprisonment and Garces opens the castle gates. Rodrigo's forces, led by Al-Mu'tamin, siege the castle but are soon overrun by Yusuf's gathered troops. Meanwhile, Rodrigo confronts Yusuf, and the two fight. Yusuf gains the upper hand and disarms Rodrigo, but at the same time, Ordoñez and Jimena escape.

5. Tashfin ibn Ali - Wikipedia

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   Tashfin ibn Ali was appointed Governor of Granada and Almería in 1129, as well as of Córdoba in 1131, during the reign of his father Ali ibn Yusuf. [3]He was the supreme governor of Al Andalus from 1126-1137 and would in these years, lead the Almoravids to some notable victories (Aceca in 1130, Fraga in 1134, Badajoz in 1134, Escalona 1137) but he also suffered some losses therein.

6. Ibrahim ibn Tashfin - Wikipedia

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   Ibrahim ibn Tashfin (Arabic: إبراهيم بن تاشفين) (died 1147) was the seventh Almoravid Emir, who reigned shortly in 1146–1147. Once the news of the death of his father Tashfin ibn Ali reached Marrakech , he was proclaimed king while still an infant.

7. Ali ibn Yusuf - Wikipedia

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   Ali ibn Yusuf was born in 1084–1085 (477 AH) in Ceuta. [3] He was the son of Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the fourth Almoravid ruler. According to some sources, his mother was Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah. [4] [5] According to some others, his mother was Qamar or Qamra, surnamed Fadl al-Hasan, [3] [6] a Christian captive from al-Andalus who became Yusuf's ...

8. Tamima bint Yusuf - Wikipedia

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   Tamima bint Yusuf ibn Tashfin (Arabic: تميمة بنت يوسف بن تاشفين) was an Almoravid princess, she was a woman of letters and a political leader, [1] who contributed to the development of the Almoravid movement. [1]

9. History of Fez - Wikipedia

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   Building a new palace-city was a frequent preoccupation of North African and Andalusi dynasties wishing to demonstrate their power, and so the foundation of the new city also symbolized the new era of Marinid rule. [3]: 61–63 [8]: 105–106 The new city was named al-Madinat al-Bayda (Arabic: المدينة البيضاء, lit.