المدارس الحربية الموحدية

المدارس الحربية الموحدية

Abd al-Mu'min's war-schools for cadre and soldier: he gathered the youth of the Maghrebi tribes, Masmuda above all; beside martial arts they taught Ibn Tumart's books and the pupils learnt his counsels by heart — weapons drill, riding, swimming, siegecraft by land and sea; near Marrakesh the Almohads dug a basin holding skiffs and small 'training ships' where the cadets practised rowing and command of vessels. The schooling ran at state expense with horses and arms granted, and out of it graduated many of the commanders, senior officers and castle-governors.