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Yaqub al-Mansur

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543: 153: 468: 840: 38: 511:(or El-Mansuriyya Mosque) in Marrakesh and was accessed via the monumental gate of Bab Agnaou, both dating from al-Mansur's time. He also embarked on the construction of an even bigger fortified capital in Rabat, where he attempted to build what would have been the world's 346:. Succeeding his father, al-Mansur reigned from 1184 to 1199. His reign was distinguished by the flourishing of trade, architecture, philosophy and the sciences, as well as by victorious military campaigns in which he was successful in repelling the tide of the 530:, the first hospital in Morocco to be ever built, Al-Mansur embellished it with luxurious ornaments and sculptures, it had gardens, water canals attached to it and it was Funded personally by Almohad's government, it is said that 442:
While Al-Mansur was away in Africa, the Christians mounted the largest army of that period, of over 300,000 men, to defeat Al-Mansur. However, immediately upon hearing this, Al-Mansur returned again to Iberia and defeated
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When Al-Mansur heard this news, he returned to the Iberian Peninsula, and defeated the Christians again. This time, many were taken in chained groups of fifty each, and later sold in Africa as slaves.
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since 1182. Having inflicted other defeats on the Christians and captured major cities, he returned to the Maghreb with three thousand Christian captives.
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with his father's body on 10 August, he was immediately proclaimed the new caliph. Al-Mansur vowed revenge for his father's death, but fighting with the
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He died on 23 January 1199 in Marrakesh. He was buried temporarily in his palace in Marrakesh before being taken to his final burial place in
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in Marrakesh which subsequently remained the seat of government in the city for centuries afterward. This royal district included the
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was remembered for centuries later, when the tide of war turned against the Muslim side. It is recounted by the historian
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and kept him as a favorite at court. Like many of the Almohad caliphs, Al-Mansur was religiously learned. He favored the
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During his reign, Al-Mansur undertook several major construction projects. He added a monumental gate to the
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as chief judge, and the two of them oversaw the banning of all non-Zahirite religious books during the
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Roudh el-Kartas: Histoire des souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc) et annales de la ville de Fès
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Roudh el-Kartas: Histoire des souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc) et annales de la ville de Fès
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delayed him in Africa. After inflicting a new defeat on the Banu Ghaniya, he set off for the
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Maroc Almoravide et Almohade: Architecture et décors au temps des conquérants, 1055-1269
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al-Fāsī, ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Abī Zarʻ; al-Gharnāṭī, Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (1860).
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al-Fāsī, ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Abī Zarʻ; al-Gharnāṭī, Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (1860).
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per Almohad doctrine and possessed a relatively extensive education in the Muslim
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and he may have been responsible for finishing the construction of the current
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resumed the offensive, capturing many of the Moorish cities, including
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His mother... Safya ... daughter of emir Abou Abd Allah ben Merdnych
884:, pg. 142. Part of Landmarks in Linguistic Thought series, vol. 3. 526:, also date from this time, one of Al-Mansur's famous works is the 541: 492: 466: 394: 300: 594: 567: 646: 31: 585:. Mansur's Zahirism was clear when he ordered his judges to 420:
Upon Al-Mansur's return to Africa, however, Christians in
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Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn Abd al-Muʾmin al-Manṣūr
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Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn Abd al-Muʾmin al-Manṣūr
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and the surrounding territory near Albufeira, in the
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Amir al-Mu'minin

Almohad Caliphate
Abu Yaqub Yusuf
Muhammad al-Nasir
Marrakesh
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Idris al-Ma'mun
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