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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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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

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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Nevertheless, over the next forty years or so, each kingdom expanded independently into what had been Almohad territory.

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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