Almohad dynasty

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Berber Muslim dynasty Islamic empire caliphate

The Almohad dynasty was a powerful 12th–13th century Berber Muslim empire that ruled much of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, known for its religious reformism and monumental architecture.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Almohad Caliphate	50
Almohad dynasty canonical	15
Almohad movement	4
Almohads	4
Almohad Empire	2
Almohad period	2
Almohad	1
Almohad Caliphate (Berber dynasty)	1
Almohad caliphs	1
Almohad dynasty in Iberia	1
Almohad dynasty in al-Andalus	1
Almohad period in Iberia	1
Almohad religious reform movement	1
Almohad rule in al-Andalus	1
al-Muwahhidun	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Berber Muslim dynasty ⓘ Islamic empire ⓘ caliphate ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Almohad architecture ⓘ
capital	Marrakesh ⓘ Seville ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Morocco ⓘ
endTime	1269 ⓘ 13th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Berbers ⓘ
foundedBy	Abd al-Mu’min ⓘ Ibn Tumart ⓘ
governmentType	theocratic monarchy ⓘ
ideology	tawhid ⓘ surface form: Tawhid (doctrine of divine unity)
knownFor	monumental architecture ⓘ religious reformism ⓘ rule over al-Andalus ⓘ unification of the Maghreb ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Berber languages ⓘ
notableBuilding	Giralda ⓘ surface form: Giralda of Seville Hassan Tower ⓘ Koutoubia Mosque ⓘ Tinmal Mosque ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Alarcos ⓘ Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ⓘ
notableFigure	Averroes ⓘ surface form: Ibn Rushd (Averroes) Ibn Tufayl ⓘ
notableRuler	Abd al-Mu’min ⓘ Abu Yaqub Yusuf ⓘ Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur ⓘ surface form: Yaqub al-Mansur
officialTitle	Caliph ⓘ
predecessor	Almoravid dynasty ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousOrientation	reformist ⓘ
religiousPolicy	enforcement of doctrinal conformity ⓘ persecution of non-Muslims ⓘ strict monotheism ⓘ
startTime	12th century ⓘ c. 1121 ⓘ
successor	Hafsid dynasty ⓘ Marinid dynasty ⓘ Nasrid dynasty ⓘ
territory	Algeria ⓘ Libya (parts) ⓘ North Africa ⓘ surface form: Maghreb Morocco ⓘ Portugal (parts) ⓘ Andalusia ⓘ surface form: Spain (parts) Tunisia ⓘ Islamic Spain ⓘ surface form: al-Andalus

Referenced by (86)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rabat → foundedBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

Rabat → historicalPeriodOfGrowth → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad period

Druze → selfDesignation → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Muwahhidun

Islamic Spain → majorDynasty → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Islamic Caliphates → hasComponent → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Seville, Spain → historicalRuler → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

subject surface form: Seville

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Maimonides → birthPlace → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Maimonides → citizenship → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Kingdom of Granada → predecessor → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Medina of Fez → periodOfSignificantDevelopment → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

Hassan Tower → builtByDynasty → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Middle East and North Africa → hasHistoricalCivilization → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

taifa kingdoms → followedBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad rule in al-Andalus

Almoravid dynasty → successor → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Almoravid dynasty → overthrownBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohads

Averroes → placeOfDeath → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Averroes → countryOfCitizenship → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Ibn Jubayr → citizenship → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

al-Qarawiyyin Mosque → laterPatronDynasty → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

Marinid dynasty → predecessor → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa → belligerent → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa → opponent → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa → countryAtTime → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Torre del Oro → builtBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Maghrebi Maliki tradition → associatedWith → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

al-Mahdiyya → wasRecapturedBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohads

Koutoubia Mosque → builtUnder → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Koutoubia Mosque → associatedWith → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

Amir al-Mu’minin → usedFor → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad caliphs

Iberian kingdoms → hasPart → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad dynasty in Iberia

Silves Castle → builtBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Amazigh → hasNotableEmpire → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate (Berber dynasty)

Islamic West → majorDynasty → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohads

al-Qurtubi → birthCountry → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

subject surface form: Al-Qurtubi

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Nasrid dynasty → precededBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Al-Andalus Mosque → expandedBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage → notableDynastyAssociated → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

Hassan Mosque complex → builtUnderDynasty → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Almohad architecture → associatedWith → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Tour Hassan → builder → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Tour Hassan → era → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad period

Libya (parts) → wasRuledBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Libya (parts) → wasRuledBy → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

Libya (parts) → partOf → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Empire

Libya (parts) → governingDynasty → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohads

Ibn Tufayl → placeOfDeath → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Ibn Tufayl → employer → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur → dynasty → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur → politicalEntityRuled → Almohad dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad Caliphate