Yahya ibn Ali ibn Ghaniya
يحيى بن علي بن غانية
1148 CE · 543 AH
Yahya ibn Ali ibn Ghaniya the Sanhaji Massufi; raised with his brother Muhammad in Yusuf ibn Tashfin's guardianship — Ali ibn Yusuf granted him the western Andalus seated at Cordoba, and when the Almohad Abu Ishaq Barraq al-Masmudi took Seville he demanded Yahya's obedience and moved him from Cordoba to Jaen and the Qal'a; marching thence to Granada to bring down its Lamtuna garrison into Almohad allegiance, he died there in 543 and was buried at Qasr Badis.
At a glance
- Roles
- military-commander · Ruler
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Yahya ibn Ali ibn Ghaniya al-Sanhaji al-Masufi. He and his brother Muhammad grew up in the care of Yusuf ibn Tashfin. Ali ibn Yusuf ibn Tashfin appointed him over the west of al-Andalus and settled him in Cordoba. When Abu Ishaq Baraq al-Masmudi took Seville for the Almohads, he asked for his obedience, and moved him from Cordoba to Jaen and the castle. He then marched to Granada to bring those of the Lamtuna there to obey the Almohads, and he died there in the year 543 AH and was buried in the palace of Badis 1.
The Common Era date (1148 CE) is converted and derived from the Hijri date.
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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