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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - ALMORAVIDES (AL-MURABATIN):
		Under the rule of his son Ali (1106-43), when the Almoravides were at the height of their power, Jews occupied important posts.
		Among other prominent Jews was the physician Abraham ben Meir ibn Kamnial (Abu al-Ḥasan), to whom Judah ha-Levi (who spent the years of his training in a place belonging to the rulers) dedicated seven poems, Isaac (Abraham) ibn Muhajir, and Solomon ben Farusal (Ferrisol).
		The Almoravide dominion soon declined, and was superseded in Spain by that of the
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1293&letter=A&search=Almoravides (278 words)

	Almoravides - Route of the Almoravides & Almohades CADIZ & STRAITS NEWS Cadiz news and information
		Almoravides - Route of the Almoravides & Almohades CADIZ & STRAITS NEWS Cadiz news and information
		The regional government in Andalucía has created a number of routes that cover the legends and history of the region.
		This site is A detailed description of the Andalucia route of the Almoravides and Almohades from Tarifa and Algeciras to the Malaga border from whence it continues to Granada.
	www.cadiznews.co.uk /info2.cfm?info_id=52420 (1487 words)

	Almoravides (Black Riders)
		Led by Yusuf Ibn Tashufin, the Almoravides rode out of a newly conquered Morocco to sweep back the tide of Christian conquest that threatened to over run Al Andalus (Southern Spain).
		Camels are not extensively recorded outside of Africa although some historians record their use at the Battle of Sagrajas, where an Almoravide/Andalusian alliance annihilated the Christian army and set the seal on a continued Almoravide presence in Espana.
		Almoravides made much use of local 'converts' so the Coastal Berbers can be painted in customary Arab colours with the Andalusians even being quite colourful.
	warflute.org /armies/almoravides_black_riders_luxor_army.html (350 words)

	The Art of the Almoravid and Almohad Periods (ca. 1062-1269 A.D.) \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Art of the Almoravid and Almohad Periods (ca.
		In this way, the Almoravids came to rule parts of the Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, and Spain and controlled important ports as well as
		In the mid-twelfth century, the Almoravids were replaced by the Almohads (al-Muwahhidun, 1150–1269), a new Berber dynasty from North Africa.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/almo/hd_almo.htm (610 words)

	Islam Genealogy 2
		Hudid of Zaragoza 1040 - 1110 + 1130 - 1146, Almoravid occupation 1110 - 1118, occupied by Aragon 1118 - 1130 and conquest 1146.
		Aftasid of Badajoz 1022 - 1094 Conquered by Almoravids 1091.
		'Amirids of Valencia, 1021 - 1099, Almoravid conquest 1102.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /historia/islam_gen2.htm (389 words)

	The Chronicle of Alfonso the Emperor
		An enormous army of Almoravides likewise was brought across the Mediterranean to the South of Spain.
		Some of them spoke out and said that it was the Almoravides who were seizing their choicest lands and possessions They had confiscated their gold and silver, and kidnapped their women and children.
		Yusuf ben Texufin was king of the Almoravide dynasty from 1061 to 1106.
	libro.uca.edu /lipskey/alf6.htm (16477 words)

	I love Marrakech, Morocco Marrakesh Travel guide resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Almoravids were a group of zealous Muslims, originating in southern Mauritania.
		The Almoravids were a ruling class in the society, and they were easy to spot on the street, as they wore a face muffler called litham.
		Architecture from the Almoravid period is characterized by simplicity, and with little decoration.
	www.ilovemarrakech.com /marrakesh/history/almoravids.htm (598 words)

	Islam
		Almoravides: The orthodox Muslim cleric Abdallah ibn-Yasin founded a ribat, or Muslim monastery on an island in the Niger River, and began to teach the surrounding nomads fundamentalist Islam.
		The Spartan lifestyle and concept of holy war appealed to the Saharans greatly, and before long, they had conquered North Africa as far as Tunis to the east under the leadership of Yusuf ibn-Tashfin.
		Two generations later, the life breathed into the Abbassid Empire by the Turks had come and gone, and the emirs were again consumed in infighting-just in time for the First Crusade.
	www.rit.edu /~tgj7024/imm/project3/Islam.html (344 words)

	Marrakesh / Marrakech, Morocco
		The Almoravides made Marrakech the capital of an empire that covered most of the Magreb (Northwest Africa) and extended well into Europe.
		With the Almoravide conquest of southern Spain, Marrakech was invested with the cosmopolitan culture of Andalucia.
		Under the Almoravides Marrakech became a bastion of Islamic civilization and an intellectual center where the most famous scholars and philosophers of the age converged.
	www.planetware.com /morocco/marrakesh-marrakech-mar-mar-mar.htm (865 words)

	"Shi'ism in Morocco" \| Jafariya News Network
		The entire country was re-united once again by the Almoravides (1062-1145), who were followed by the Almohades (1145-1248), the Merinides (1248-1554), the Saadians (1554-1660), and, finally, the Alaouites (1660-present).
		Every dynasty which has ruled Morocco--with the exception of the Almoravides and the Almohades--has claimed descent from the Prophet and followed a Shi'ite political model.
		With regards to theology, philosophy and jurisprudence, Moroccan rulers have traditionally espoused the Maliki madhhab, officially and obligatorily imposed by the Almoravides.
	www.jafariyanews.com /articles/2k6/27july_Shiism_morocco.htm (1866 words)

	ALMORAVIDES (properly ... - Online Information article about ALMORAVIDES (properly ...
		ALMORAVIDES (properly Murabtis, the name being corrupted through the Spanish)
		ALMORAVIDES (properly Murabtis, the name being corrupted through the See also:
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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ALM_ANC/ALMORAVIDES_properly_Murabtis_t.html (1620 words)

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF MOORISH SPAIN
		Moslem rule in Spain may be conveniently summarized as consisting, first, in the Caliphs of Cordova; second, in the dynasty of the Almoravides; third, in that of the Almohades; and, finally, the kings of Granada.
		In 1118 the great city of Saragossa, the last bulwark of Islam in the north of the Peninsula, was taken by Alfonso I. of Aragon, who carried his victorious arms into Southern Spain, and fulfilled a rash vow by eating a dinner of fresh fish on the coast of Granada.
		The empire of the Almoravides was completely destroyed; and, before the close of the year 1149, all Moslem Spain acknowledged the supremacy of the Almohades.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/MoorSpan.html (4460 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Story of the Cid For Young People by Calvin Dill Wilson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		N the meanwhile, a Moor named Ali Abenaxa, who was a chief of those Almoravides, the Moors who had recently come from North Africa, came with a great force of the Moors of Andalusia to besiege the Castle of Aledo.
		The Almoravides took possession of the [128] palace and plundered it.
		When this Abeniaf saw that all the people were on his side, he thought himself a great man. As he knew the king was still in the town, he searched for him and found him in the house where he had hidden with the women.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=wilson&book=cid&story=almoravides (1361 words)

	The Expansion of Christian Europe
		The Mohammedans were profoundly moved by the loss of Toledo and in their despair decided to call to their aid their fellow Moslems in Africa.
		Profiting by these divisions among their enemies, the Christians made further conquests, including Lisbon; but their success was only temporary, as Yusuf, after he had overcome the Moslem rulers, won back the strongholds that the Christians had taken.
		They conquered the Almoravides, first in Africa, and then, in the middle of the twelfth century, in Spain.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/ExpanWC.html (6010 words)

	Andalous Moroccan Restaurant - Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For a century or more they Have been conquering and converting to Islam the fl countries of the Sahara, inspired by their search for the source of gold which had been flowing into Morocco from somewhere in the region of the Niger river.
		The campaigns fought by the Almoravides were violent and successful and they soon controlled the whole of the south, under the leadership of Ibn Tachafine (the founder of Marrakech in 1062, along with Al Koutoubia Mosque).
		A period of peace and prosperity followed, enriched by the refined culture of the Andalucian courts to which had been added a healthy dose of Berber virility and discipline.
	www.andalous.com /History.asp (2597 words)

	Almoravides faction - The Guild (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		fl guards must be heavly armorred,and it was the most powerfull almoravides unit like varanguian guard of the byzatines,it wasn't a light cavalry.there attack and defense were very good.but you can take this for sudanese light cavalry.
		Well, here is an armored almoravids, similar to those you mentioned (the scale armor i mean).
		Given the time period, and the circumstances, the Almoravids were not capable to having that many Shamshir, seeing that they were from persia.
	forums.totalwar.org /vb/showthread.php?t=62728 (1072 words)

	Les Almoravides Hotel Marrakech - Reviews & Official Contact Details
		Les Almoravides Hotel Marrakech - Reviews & Official Contact Details
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	www.travel-library.com /hotels/africa/morocco/marrakech/les_almoravides_hotel.html (177 words)

	The Cid Home Page
		But as would recur throughout Islam's history, revitalization movements were arising, calling the Believers to return to the true path of Islam, and seeking new territories and converts.
		In the time of Fernando, these fundamentalists were the Almoravides, who had originated among the Berber tribes of the mountains of Morocco.
		After his death, it was taken by the Almoravides, and then remained in Muslim hands for another 137 years.
	www.thecid.com /index.html (1103 words)

	Fez: History and Articraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The invaluable pulpit of the Andalusians’ mosque (end of the 10th century) whose techniques and decorative processes survived in many later works, testifies to the control of the sculptors, painters and wood turners (2).
		During almoravide and almohade times (second half of the XIth-first half of the XIIIth century), domination of Moslem Spain implying the removal of political borders with Andalusia, the circulation of ideas, and the constant comings and goings of the specialized trade associations, architects and craftsmen, reveals in fasi art the prevalence of the Andalusian influences.
		The Mérinides dynasts built in 674H/1276 J.-C, beside the old city, an administrative city - Fes Jdid - with the princes ‘residence, the large mosque to which will be added other mosques, a market and the residences of government figures.
	www.southbazar.com /english/ev-infos/countries/ev-fes.htm (1002 words)

	The Cid Home Page
		But as would recur throughout Islam's history, revitalization movements were arising, calling the Believers to return to the true path of Islam, and seeking new territories and converts.
		In the time of Fernando, these fundamentalists were the Almoravides, who had originated among the Berber tribes of the mountains of Morocco.
		After his death, it was taken by the Almoravides, and then remained in Muslim hands for another 137 years.
	www.thecid.com (1103 words)

	Jewish Morocco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A Berber tribe from the Sahara desert, the Almoravides, created an Islamic empire in Morocco and Spain in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
		Jewish scholars migrated to the Almoravide empire, producing some of the religious writings associated with the "Golden Age" of the Jews.
		Unlike the Almoravides, they did not take the Jews under their protection.
	rickgold.home.mindspring.com /page8.html (430 words)

	Amazon.com: Almoravides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Histoire des musulmans d\'Espagne: Jusqu\'a conqu de l\'Andalousie par les Almoravides.
		Classicisme et anti-classicisme andalous: Les motifs décoratifs végétaux dans l'islam occidental sous les dynasties berbères, almoravide et almohade (Monographies...
		Classicisme et anti-classicisme andalous: Les motifs deÌcoratifs veÌgeÌtaux dans l'islam occidental sous les dynasties berbeÌres, almoravide et almohade...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Almoravides&tag=lexico&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (547 words)

	Seville
		Under the rule of Al Mutamid, the city maintained a wealthy, picturesque and vibrant society.Al Mutamid, however, made the tragic mistake of inviting the African Almoravides into Andalusia to assist in defending Seville against the Christians from the north.
		Later, after the Berber invasion (1013), Seville served as a refuge for Jews who were fleeing persecution.
		Under the Almoravides, the Jewish community in Seville prospered, but as in other parts of Andalusia, the Almohade conquest brought death and destruction.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Seville.html (754 words)

	Islam in Senegal
		Islam is regularly gaining ground all over Western Africa and has become the religion of more than 95 % of the Senegalese population.
		The islamization of the present territory of Senegal began during the XIth century when the Almoravides arrived (the Almoravides were a moslem sect and dynasty that reigned on the Nort West of Africa and part of Spain during the XIth and XIIth centuries).
		That islamization continued round the end of the XIXth century with the arrival of great moslem brotherhoods : the Mourides and the Tidjanes.
	www.senegal-online.com /anglais/histoire/religions/islam.htm (348 words)

	The Jewish Community of Fez
		Such scholars as David B. Abraham Alfasi and R. Solomon B. Judah - who became Head of the Jerusalem Academy - went on to Palestine, and Grammarians of the stature of Dunash B. Labrat and Judah Hayyuj went to Spain.
		During the Golden Era in Fez, three grave events occurred: a section of the community was deported to Ashir (Algeria) in about 987; 6,000 Jews were massacred in 1035 by Fanatics who conquered Fez; and the town was ruthlessly sacked in 1068 by Almoravides.
		In about 1127, a Pseudo-Messiah, Moses Dari, brought afflictions upon the Community.
	www.bh.org.il /Communities/Archive/Fez.asp (804 words)

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		Taifas take over and most of western Cordoba is destroyed
		Century - Almoravides take over and topple the Taifas
		1121 - Citizens rebel against Almoravides – civil war ensues
	doc.union.edu /~cordoba/team2 (101 words)

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