Ibn Tumart

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Ibn Tumart was a 12th-century Berber religious reformer and Mahdi claimant who led an Islamic revivalist movement in North Africa that gave rise to the Almohad Empire.

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Ibn Tumart canonical 4
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Tumart 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theologian
Mahdi claimant
founder of a religious movement
human
religious reformer
baseOfOperations Tinmal
birthCountry present-day Morocco
birthDate c. 1080
birthPlace Igiliz
birthRegion High Atlas
claimedRole al-Mahdi
surface form: Mahdi
deathCountry present-day Morocco
deathDate c. 1130
deathPlace Tinmal
deathRegion High Atlas
denomination Sunni Islam
education studied in the eastern Islamic lands
era 12th century
Islamic Golden Age
ethnicity Berbers
surface form: Berber
founderOf Almohad dynasty
surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Almohad dynasty
surface form: Almohad movement
fullName Ibn Tumart self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Tumart
historicalImpact laid ideological foundations of the Almohad Empire
transformed religious and political landscape of the Maghreb
influenced Abd al-Mu’min
surface form: Abd al-Muʾmin
inspired Almohad dynasty
surface form: Almohad Empire
knownFor challenging the Almoravid dynasty
doctrine of strict monotheism (tawhid)
leading an Islamic revivalist movement in North Africa
moral and social reform
opposition to anthropomorphism in theology
language Arabic
Berbers
surface form: Berber
movement Almohad dynasty
surface form: Almohad movement
name Ibn Tumart self-link
opposedDoctrine anthropomorphic interpretations of God
preachedAgainst Almoravid dynasty
doctrinal laxity
moral corruption
promotedDoctrine tawhid (absolute unity of God)
regionOfActivity North Africa
surface form: Maghreb

North Africa
al-Andalus (indirectly through his movement)
religion Islam
successor Abd al-Mu’min
surface form: Abd al-Muʾmin
theologicalOrientation Ash'ari
surface form: Ashʿari
title al-Mahdi
tribalAffiliation Masmuda

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Almohad dynasty foundedBy Ibn Tumart
Ibn Tumart name Ibn Tumart self-link
Ibn Tumart fullName Ibn Tumart self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Tumart
Abd al-Mu’min predecessor Ibn Tumart
Abd al-Mu’min mentor Ibn Tumart