-
fought in 1086
between the
Almoravid army, led by
their king,
Yusuf ibn
Tashfin, and the
forces of King
Alfonso VI of Castile. The
Almoravids were called...
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Yusuf ibn
Tashfin, also Tashafin, Teshufin, (Arabic: يوسف بن تاشفين ناصر الدين بن تالاكاكين الصنهاجي, romanized: Yūsuf ibn
Tāshfīn Naṣr al-Dīn ibn Tālākakīn...
- two branches: a
northern one
centered in the Maghreb, led by
Yusuf ibn
Tashfin and his descendants, and a
southern one
based in the Sahara, led by Abu...
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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...
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military commander and
diplomat for the
Almoravid empire. Once
Yusuf ibn
Tashfin decided to
become independent, he
chose Mazdali, his
second cousin and...
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Tashfin ibn Ali (died 23
March 1145, or 25
March 1145 CE; Arabic : تاشفين بن علي ) was the 6th
Almoravid Emir, he
reigned in 1143–1145.
Tashfin ibn Ali...
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messages were sent to
Yusuf ibn
Tashfin to
expel him. The
Almoravid army
commanded by Abu Bakr ibn
Ibrahim ibn
Tashfin retreated without a
fight despite...
- east
reached as far as
Tunis which they
captured during the
reign of Abu
Tashfin.
After several conflicts with
local Barbary pirates sponsored by the Zayyanid...
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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, who contributed...
- western-Algeria, modern-day
Mauritania and Al-Andalus. She was
married to
Yusuf ibn
Tashfin (r. 1061-1107) and
reportedly his de
facto co-ruler. She was one of the...
