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| '''Yusuf ibn Tashfin''' or '''Tashufin''' (c. 1006 - ]) (Amazigh: ] ]: يوسف بن تاشفين) was the |
'''Yusuf ibn Tashfin''' or '''Tashufin''' (c. 1006 - ]) (Amazigh: ] ]: يوسف بن تاشفين) was the ] ] ruler in ] and ] (] ]). | ||
| He took the title of ''amir al-muslimin'' (''commander of the Muslims''). He was either a cousin or nephew of ], the founder of the Almoravid dynasty. He united all of the ] dominions in the Iberian Peninsula (modern ] and ]) to the ] (circa ]), after being called to the Al-Andalus by the ] of ]. | |||
| Yusuf bin Tashfin is the founder of the famous Moroccan city ] (in Arabic ''Murakush'', corrupted to ''Morocco'' in English). He himself chose the place where it was built in ] and later made it the capital of his Empire. Until then the Almoravids had been desert nomads, but the new capital marked their settling into a more civil way of life. | Yusuf bin Tashfin is the founder of the famous Moroccan city ] (in Arabic ''Murakush'', corrupted to ''Morocco'' in English). He himself chose the place where it was built in ] and later made it the capital of his Empire. Until then the Almoravids had been desert nomads, but the new capital marked their settling into a more civil way of life. | ||
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Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashufin (c. 1006 - 1106) (Amazigh: File:Youssef ibn tashfin.jpg Arabic: يوسف بن تاشفين) was the Berber Almoravid ruler in North Africa and Al-Andalus (Morrish Iberia).
He took the title of amir al-muslimin (commander of the Muslims). He was either a cousin or nephew of Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar, the founder of the Almoravid dynasty. He united all of the Muslim dominions in the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal and Spain) to the Kingdom of Morocco (circa 1090), after being called to the Al-Andalus by the Emir of Seville.
Yusuf bin Tashfin is the founder of the famous Moroccan city Marrakech (in Arabic Murakush, corrupted to Morocco in English). He himself chose the place where it was built in 1070 and later made it the capital of his Empire. Until then the Almoravids had been desert nomads, but the new capital marked their settling into a more civil way of life.
Bibliography
- E. A. Freeman, History and Conquests of the Saracens, (Oxford, 1856)
- Codera, Decadencia y desaparicion de los Almoravides en España (1889)
| Preceded byAbu-Bakr Ibn-Umar | Almoravid 1061–1106 |
Succeeded byAli ibn Yusuf |
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