death of Ibn Mardanīsh — Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin takes his lands

وفاة ابن مردنيش وملك يوسف بن عبد المؤمن بلاده

c. 1172 CE · 568 AH

al-Andalus

Ibn Mardanīsh, lord of the Spanish east, died and the Almohad Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin took his lands — the eastern provinces and Qafsa fell to him, joined to his Maghreb realm 1.

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Ibn Mardanish, lord of eastern al-Andalus, died, and Yusuf ibn Abd al-Mu'min of the Almohads took over his lands. Eastern al-Andalus was secured for him, and Gafsa and its districts were joined to the Maghrib lands he already held 2.

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ابن مردنيش صاحب شرق الأندلس· Yusuf ibn Abd al-Mu'min

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The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus· Conquest of al-Andalus· the first raid on al-Andalus (27 AH)· The fall of Almeria to the Christians, 542 AH· Alhama· Almeria· al-Munkab· Baza

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  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 37
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.37
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The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus

In year 138 Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya ibn Hisham the Umayyad entered al-Andalus and seized it; his days extended and al-Andalus remained in his descendants' hands past the year 400. A man of learning and justice whose mother was Berber, they said: 'The world is ruled by two sons of Berber women — al-Mansur and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya.' By year 148 nothing lay outside al-Mansur's sway but al-Andalus, held by Abd al-Rahman, who did not take the title Commander of the Faithful but only amir — as did his sons.