State

Almohad Caliphate

1121–1269 Berber empire in North Africa and Iberia

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1121–1269
Founded
1121
Ended
1269
Capital
Tinmel, Marrakech
Government
monarchy, caliphate
Languages
Arabic
Religion
Islam, Sunni Islam
Preceded by
Almoravid dynastyFatimid CaliphateHammadid dynastyTaifa of Mértola
Succeeded by
Kingdom of PortugalMarinid dynasty

Overview

The Almohad Caliphate or Almohad Empire was a North African empire ruled by a Berber Muslim dynasty in the 12th and 13th centuries. At its height, it controlled much of the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).

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All rulers (13)

  1. Abd al-Mu'min1147–1163
  2. Abu Yaqub Yusuf I1163–1184
  3. Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur1184–1199
  4. Muhammad al-Nasir1199–1213
  5. Yusuf II al-Mustansir1213–1224
  6. Abdallah al-Adil1224–1227
  7. Abdul-Wahid I, Almohad Caliph1224
  8. Yahya, Almohad Caliph1227–1229
  9. Idris al-Ma'mun1229–1232
  10. Abd al-Wahid II1232–1242
  11. Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid1242–1248
  12. Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada1248–1266
  13. Idris II1266–1269

Records (56)

  1. 1121 — Almoravid–Almohad WarsWar
  2. 1130 — Battle of al-BuhayraBattle
  3. 1143 — Siège of CeutaSiege
  4. 1146–1147 — Almohad conquest of MarrakeshSiege
  5. 1146 — Siege of FezSiege
  6. 1153 — Battle of SétifBattle
  7. 1157 — Siege of AlmeríaSiege
  8. 1158 — Battle of Alcacer do SolBattle · Portugal, England ▸ Almohad Caliphate
  9. 1159–1160 — Siege of MahdiaSiege
  10. 1160 — Battle of Al-QarnBattle
  11. 1161 — Battle of Alcácer do SalBattle
  12. 1165 — Battle of Fahs al-JullabBattle
  13. 1165 — Battle of PalmelaBattle
  14. 1169 — Siege of BadajozSiege
  15. 1170 — Capture of JuromenhaBattle
  16. 1171 — Siege of SantarémSiege
  17. 1172–1212 — Almohad wars in the Iberian PeninsulaWar
  18. 1172 — Siege of HueteSiege
  19. 1173 — Battle of CalatravaBattle
  20. 1177 — Conquest of CuencaSiege
  21. 1179 — Siege of AbrantesSiege
  22. 1180 — Battle of Cape EspichelNaval battle
  23. 1180 — Capture of CorucheBattle
  24. 1181 — Siege of ÉvoraSiege
  25. 1182 — Battle of SilvesNaval battle
  26. 1182 — Battle of Ceuta (1182)Naval battle
  27. 1183 — Siege of MoyaSiege
  28. 1184 — Siege of SantarémSiege
  29. 1184 — Siege of CáceresSiege
  30. 1184–1237 — Banu Ghaniya invasion of North AfricaInvasion
  31. 1187–1188 — Abu Rakwa's revoltWar
  32. 1187 — Battle of OumraBattle
  33. 1189 — Siege of SilvesSiege
  34. 1189 — Alvor massacreMassacre
  35. 1190 — Siege of TomarSiege
  36. 1190 — Siege of SilvesSiege
  37. 1190–1191 — Almohad campaign against PortugalCampaign
  38. 1190 — Almohad naval campaign against ByzantiumCampaign
  39. 1191 — Siege of Alcácer do SalSiege
  40. 1191 — Siege of SilvesSiege
  41. 1195 — Battle of AlarcosBattle
  42. 1196–1197 — Castilian–Leonese WarWar
  43. 1196–1197 — Almohad campaign against CastileCampaign
  44. 1210 — Siege of Al-DāmūsBattle
  45. 1212 — Battle of Las Navas de TolosaBattle
  46. 1212 — Fall of UbedaBattle
  47. 1212 — Battle of Navas de TolosaBattle · Castille, Aragon, Navarre, Leon, French Crusaders, Portuguese Crusaders ▸ Almorahid Caliphate
  48. 1217 — Siege of Alcácer do SalSiege
  49. 1217 — Battle of Alacer do SolBattle · Portugal, Holland, Weid ▸ Almohad Caliphate
  50. 1218 — Siege of CáceresSiege
  51. 1225 — Siege of PeñíscolaSiege
  52. 1229 — Battle of PortopíBattle
  53. 1229–1249 — Campaigns of Abu Zakariya YahyaCampaign
  54. 1230 — Siege of ArtaSiege
  55. 1248 — Battle of OujdaBattle
  56. 1249 — Siege of FaroSiege

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