Almohad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Almohad
From the Arabic word al-muwaḥḥid literally, the one who professes the unity of God
Example Sentences
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The empire forged by the Almohad Caliphate was short-lived, however, and by the thirteenth century, it had been fatally weakened by internal rebellions.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Almohad dominance turned out to be short-lived, however.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Meanwhile, insurgencies in the Maghreb and the sacking of Marrakesh by rebels in 1275 brought the Almohad Empire to an end.
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This situation was unsettling to some of the Amazigh, who then launched a successful war of religious reform against the Almoravids and established their own reformist West African kingdom, the Almohad Kingdom.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The Almohad conquerors who built the Koutoubya and embellished Marrakech dreamed a dream of beauty that extended from the Guadalquivir to the Sahara; and at its two extremes they placed their watch-towers.
From In Morocco by Wharton, Edith
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