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{{Infobox Former Country
|native_name = {{lang|ar|المرابطون}}
|conventional_long_name = Almoravid Empire
|common_name = Almoravids
|continent=Africa
|region = North Africa
|status=Empire
|year_start = 1040
|year_end = 1147
|p1 = Lamtuna
|s1=Taifa of Mallorca
|s2=Taifa of Almería
|s3=Taifa of Badajoz
|s4=Taifa of Beja and Évora
|s5=Córdoban Republic
|s6=Taifa of Guadix and Baza
|s7=Almohad
|s8=Taifa of Málaga
|s9=Taifa of Silves
|s10=Taifa of Niebla
|s11=Purchena
|s12=Banu Hilal
|s13=Taifa of Murcia
|s14=Aroudant
|s15=Taifa of Valencia
|image_flag = Flag of Almohad Dynasty.svg
|image_map = Almoravid Empire.png
|image_map_caption = Map showing the extent of the Almoravid empire
|common_languages = [[Berber languages]] (predominant), [[Classical Arabic]], [[Mozarab]], [[Hebrew language]], [[African Romance]] & [[Andalusian Arabic]]
|religion = [[Maliki|Malikite Islam]] (predominant), [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Ibadi]], [[Judaism]] & [[Sufism]]
|capital = [[Aghmat]] (1040-1062), [[Marrakech]](1062-1147) & [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]]
|government_type = Caliphate
|title_leader = [[Caliph]]
|leader1 = [[Abdallah ibn Yasin]]
|year_leader1 = 1040-1059
|leader2 = [[Ishaq ibn Ali]]
|year_leader2 = 1146–1147
|stat_area1 = 3885000
|currency =[[Dinar]] & [[Maravedi]]
}}
The '''Almoravids''' were a [[Berbers|Berber]]<ref>Glick, Thomas F. ''Islamic And Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages''. (2005) Brill Academic Publishers page 37</ref> dynasty from the [[Sahara]] that ruled over a wide area of [[North Africa|northwestern Africa]] and the [[Iberian peninsula]] during the 11th century.
Under this dynasty the [[Moors|Moorish]] empire included present-day [[Morocco]], [[Western Sahara]], [[Mauritania]], [[Gibraltar]], [[Tlemcen]] (in [[Algeria]]) and a great part of what is now [[Senegal]] and [[Mali]] in the south, and [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] to the north in [[Europe]]. At its greatest extent, the empire stretched 3,000 kilometres north to south (an all-time latitude spanner until [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish America]]).
== Rulers ==
* Abdallah ibn Yasin (1040-1059)
* Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1061–1106)
* Ali ibn Yusuf (1106–42)
* Tashfin ibn Ali (1142–46)
* Ibrahim ibn Tashfin (1146)
* Ishaq ibn Ali (1146–1147)
==Related pages==
* [[History of Islam]]
* [[History of Spain]]
== References ==
<references/>
* ''General History of Africa, Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century'', Ed. M. Elfasi, Ch. 13 I.Hrbek and J.Devisse, The Almoravids (pp. 336–366), UNESCO, 1988
* {{1911}}
== Other websites ==
* [http://www.worldhistoricalatlas.com Historical maps of Almoravid Dynasty] Maps to be combined and compared
* [http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/dynasties/almoravids.html Almoravids Dynasty] Berber dynasty
{{history-stub}}
[[Category:Former empires]]
[[Category:Former countries in Europe]]
[[Category:Royal dynasties]]
|native_name = {{lang|ar|المرابطون}}
|conventional_long_name = Almoravid Empire
|common_name = Almoravids
|continent=Africa
|region = North Africa
|status=Empire
|year_start = 1040
|year_end = 1147
|p1 = Lamtuna
|s1=Taifa of Mallorca
|s2=Taifa of Almería
|s3=Taifa of Badajoz
|s4=Taifa of Beja and Évora
|s5=Córdoban Republic
|s6=Taifa of Guadix and Baza
|s7=Almohad
|s8=Taifa of Málaga
|s9=Taifa of Silves
|s10=Taifa of Niebla
|s11=Purchena
|s12=Banu Hilal
|s13=Taifa of Murcia
|s14=Aroudant
|s15=Taifa of Valencia
|image_flag = Flag of Almohad Dynasty.svg
|image_map = Almoravid Empire.png
|image_map_caption = Map showing the extent of the Almoravid empire
|common_languages = [[Berber languages]] (predominant), [[Classical Arabic]], [[Mozarab]], [[Hebrew language]], [[African Romance]] & [[Andalusian Arabic]]
|religion = [[Maliki|Malikite Islam]] (predominant), [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Ibadi]], [[Judaism]] & [[Sufism]]
|capital = [[Aghmat]] (1040-1062), [[Marrakech]](1062-1147) & [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]]
|government_type = Caliphate
|title_leader = [[Caliph]]
|leader1 = [[Abdallah ibn Yasin]]
|year_leader1 = 1040-1059
|leader2 = [[Ishaq ibn Ali]]
|year_leader2 = 1146–1147
|stat_area1 = 3885000
|currency =[[Dinar]] & [[Maravedi]]
}}
The '''Almoravids''' were a [[Berbers|Berber]]<ref>Glick, Thomas F. ''Islamic And Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages''. (2005) Brill Academic Publishers page 37</ref> dynasty from the [[Sahara]] that ruled over a wide area of [[North Africa|northwestern Africa]] and the [[Iberian peninsula]] during the 11th century.
Under this dynasty the [[Moors|Moorish]] empire included present-day [[Morocco]], [[Western Sahara]], [[Mauritania]], [[Gibraltar]], [[Tlemcen]] (in [[Algeria]]) and a great part of what is now [[Senegal]] and [[Mali]] in the south, and [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] to the north in [[Europe]]. At its greatest extent, the empire stretched 3,000 kilometres north to south (an all-time latitude spanner until [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish America]]).
== Rulers ==
* Abdallah ibn Yasin (1040-1059)
* Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1061–1106)
* Ali ibn Yusuf (1106–42)
* Tashfin ibn Ali (1142–46)
* Ibrahim ibn Tashfin (1146)
* Ishaq ibn Ali (1146–1147)
==Related pages==
* [[History of Islam]]
* [[History of Spain]]
== References ==
<references/>
* ''General History of Africa, Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century'', Ed. M. Elfasi, Ch. 13 I.Hrbek and J.Devisse, The Almoravids (pp. 336–366), UNESCO, 1988
* {{1911}}
== Other websites ==
* [http://www.worldhistoricalatlas.com Historical maps of Almoravid Dynasty] Maps to be combined and compared
* [http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/dynasties/almoravids.html Almoravids Dynasty] Berber dynasty
{{history-stub}}
[[Category:Former empires]]
[[Category:Former countries in Europe]]
[[Category:Royal dynasties]]