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  "ar": "يوسف بن تاشفين أمير المسلمين"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "صاحب سبتة ومراكش، أرسل إلى المقتدي سنة تسع وسبعين يطلب أن يسلطنه وأن يقلده ما بيده من البلاد فبعث إليه الخلع والأعلام والتقليد ولقبه بأمير المسلمين ففرح بذلك وسر به فقهاء المغرب وهو الذي أنشأ مدينة مراكش {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 652}.، وعند ابن خلدون واختط مدينة مراكش سنة 454هـ ولقيه المعتمد بن عباد وابن الأفطس بالزلاقة من نواحي بطليوس فكان للمسلمين عليه دفاع لمتونة ثم رجع فتقبض على المعتمد وقاده أسيراً إلى مراكش {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 1646-1648}",
  "en": "Lord of Sabta and Marrakesh; in 479 he asked al-Muqtadi for investiture — the robes, banners and title amir al-muslimin came, to the Maghreb jurists' joy. He founded Marrakesh {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 652}."
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "تاريخ الخلفاء للسيوطي (ط المنهاج 1434هـ/2013م) ص 646–657",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "يوسف بن تاشفين، أمير المسلمين، صاحب سبتة ومراكش. أرسل إلى المقتدي سنة 479هـ يطلب أن يسلطنه ويقلده ما بيده من البلاد، فبعث إليه الخلع والأعلام والتقليد ولقبه بأمير المسلمين. ففرح فقهاء المغرب بذلك، وهو الذي أنشأ مدينة مراكش. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.652}\n\nوعند ابن خلدون أنه اختط مراكش سنة 454هـ، ولقيه المعتمد بن عباد وابن الأفطس بالزلاقة قرب بطليوس. ثم رجع فقبض على المعتمد وقاده أسيراً إلى مراكش. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p.1646-1648}"
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Yusuf ibn Tashfin, commander of the Muslims, lord of Ceuta and Marrakesh. In the year 479 AH he sent to al-Muqtadi asking that he be granted the sultanate, and that the lands in his hand be confirmed to him. The caliph sent him the robes, banners and the investiture, and gave him the title \"Commander of the Muslims\". The jurists of the Maghrib rejoiced at this, and he founded the city of Marrakesh {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.652}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Ibn Khaldun's account",
     "markdown": "Ibn Khaldun reports that he laid out Marrakesh in the year 454 AH, and that al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad and Ibn al-Aftas met him at al-Zallaqa near Badajoz. Then he returned, seized al-Mu'tamid and led him as a captive to Marrakesh {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p.1646-1648}."
    }
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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  "person/al-mutamid-ibn-abbad",
  "person/abu-bakr-ibn-umar-al-lamtuni",
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