Almohad

Almohad Caliphate الموَحدون (Al-Muwaḥḥidūn) (in Arabic) ⵉⵎⵡⴻⵃⵃⴷⴻⵏ (Imweḥḥden) (in Berber languages)
1121–1269
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The Almohad empire at its greatest extent, c. 1180–1212[1][2]
Status	Ruling dynasty of Morocco; Caliphate (since 1147)
Capital	Tinmel (1121–1147) Marrakesh (1147–1269) In Al-Andalus: Seville (1147–1162) Córdoba (1162–1163) Seville (1163–1248)[3]
Common languages	Arabic, Berber, Mozarabic
Religion	Sunni Islam (Creed: Ash'ari; Madhab: Zahiri)
Government	Caliphate
Caliph
• 1121–1130	Ibn Tumart (first, under title of "Mahdi")
• 1130–1163	Abd al-Mu'min (first, under title of "Caliph" from 1147)
• 1266–1269	Abu al-Ula al-Wathiq Idris (last)
History
• Established	1121
• Almoravids overthrown	1147
• Marinid suzerainty	1248
• Disestablished	1269
Area
1150 est.[4]	2,300,000 km2 (890,000 sq mi)
Currency	Dinar[5]
Preceded by Succeeded by Almoravid dynasty Hammadid kingdom Second Taifas period Kingdom of Africa Taifas in the Al-Andalus Marinid dynasty Hafsid dynasty Kingdom of Tlemcen Third Taifas period Kingdom of Castile Kingdom of Aragon Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Leon Emirate of Granada
Today part of	Algeria  Gibraltar (UK)  Libya  Morocco  Portugal  Spain  Tunisia  Western Sahara

The Almohad Caliphate (From Arabic الموحدون al-Muwahhidun, i.e., "the monotheists" or "the Unitarians"), was a Sunni Muslim empire that was founded in the 12th century, and conquered all of northern Africa as far as Libya, together with Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia).

1. ↑ "Qantara". Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
2. ↑ "Qantara". Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
3. ↑ Le Moyen Âge, XIe- XVe siècle, par Michel Kaplan & Patrick Boucheron. p.213, Ed. Breal 1994 (ISBN 2-85394-732-7)[1]
4. ↑ Taagepera, Rein (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly. 41 (3): 475–504. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053. JSTOR 2600793.
5. ↑ (in French) P. Buresi, La frontière entre chrétienté et islam dans la péninsule Ibérique, pp.101–102. Ed. Publibook 2004 (ISBN 9782748306446)