Sulayman ibn Addu
سليمان بن عدو
1059 CE · 451 AH
Successor of Abd Allah ibn Yasin at the head of the Almoravids after his martyrdom in 450 AH in the Barghawata war; he extirpated their sect from the Maghreb before falling in that jihad in 451 AH.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- West Africa & Sahel · Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Sulayman ibn Addu, a commander of the Almoravids. He succeeded Abd Allah ibn Yasin in command after his death in the year 450 AH, in the war against the Barghawata 1.
Ibn Khaldun reports that he uprooted them and erased the trace of their call in the Maghrib. He then died in the struggle against them in the year 451 AH 1.
Connections
- Successor of
- عبد الله بن ياسين الجزولي
People and things also explored
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “Sulayman ibn Addu”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sulayman-ibn-addu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.