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Yusuf ibn Tashfin

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Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashufin (born circa 1006) (died in 1106), was the Almoravid ruler in Muslim Spain and North Africa.

He took the title of amir al-muslimin (commander of the Muslims).

He was a cousin(?)/nephew(?) of Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar, the founder of the dynasty; he united the whole of the Muslim dominions in Spain to the Kingdom of Morocco]] (circa 1090), after being called to Spain by the Emir of Seville.

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
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Succeeded byAli ibn Yusuf
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