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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]
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]
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.
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.
Abu Nasr Sa'd ibn Ali ibn Yusuf (Arabic: أبو نصر سعد بن علي بن يوسف, romanized: ʾAbū Naṣr Saʿd ibn ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf), known by the regnal name al-Musta'in bi-llah (Arabic: المستعين بالله, romanized: al-Mustaʿīn bi-ʾllāh, lit.
[15] [16] Under the patronage of the later Almoravid emir Ali Ibn Yusuf the largest expansion and renovation of the Great Mosque of al-Qarawiyyin took place between 1134 and 1143. [ 13 ] : 20 Although the capital was moved to Marrakesh under the Almoravids, Fez acquired a reputation for Maliki legal scholarship and remained an important centre ...
The dynasty began a steady period of decline under the reign of Yusuf al-Kalbi (990–998) who entrusted the island to his sons and created space for interference from the Zirids of Ifriqiya. Under al-Akhal (1017–1037) the dynastic conflict intensified, with factions allying themselves variously with Byzantium and the Zirids.