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Almohad

American  
[al-muh-had] / ˈæl məˌhæd /
Also Almohade

noun

  1. a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa during the 12th and 13th centuries.


Etymology

Origin of Almohad

From the Arabic word al-muwaḥḥid literally, the one who professes the unity of God

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Almohad dominance turned out to be short-lived, however.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

How were the Almoravid and Almohad movements both reformist and reactionary?

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Within a year, the Almohad caliph died without an heir, plunging the Muslim states in Iberia into a civil war from which they never recovered.

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Since the 1170s, Islamic Iberia had been ruled by the Almohad Caliphate, but they struggled to unify Muslims throughout the region and at times struggled to assert their authority.

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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 Edith Wharton

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