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	Almohad Article, Almohad Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It originated with Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tumart, a member of the Masmuda, a Berber tribe of the Atlas mountains.
		Ibn Tumart was the son of a lamplighter in a mosque and hadbeen noted for his piety from his youth; he was small, ugly, and misshapen and lived the life of a devotee-beggar.
		It is highly probable that his influence would not have outlived him,if he had not found a lieutenant in 'Abd-el-Mumin el Kumi, another Berber, from Algeria, who was undoubtedly a soldier and statesman of a high order.
	www.anoca.org /he/spain/almohad.html (940 words)

	Rise of Islam in Algeria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Their spiritual leader, the Moroccan Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tumart, sought to reform Almoravid decadence.
		Rejected in Marrakech and other cities, he turned to his Masmuda tribe in the Atlas Mountains for support.
		Because of their emphasis on the unity of God, his followers were known as Al Muwahhidun (unitarians, or Almohads).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rise_of_Islam_in_Algeria (2906 words)

	Almohad -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It originated with Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tumart, a member of the Masmuda, a (A member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa) Berber tribe of the (A mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia) Atlas mountains.
		Ibn Tumart was the son of a lamplighter in a mosque and had been noted for his piety from his youth; he was small, ugly, and misshapen and lived the life of a devotee-beggar.
		Ibn Tumart, who had been driven from several other towns for exhibitions of reforming zeal, now took refuge among his own people, the Masmuda, in the (A collection of maps in book form) Atlas.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/almohad.htm (788 words)

	The Mahdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		His father belonged to the Hargha and His mother to the Masakkala, both of which are divisions of the Masmuda tribal group and there can be no doubt that He was a pure Berber despite the various Sharifian genealogies attributed to Him.
		Though the Almohad movement was certainly Helped by the antipathy for the Almoravids shared by all the mountain tribes, It was at the same time Hindered by the fragmentation of the Masmuda Into very small and jealously Independent groups who resisted Incorporation Into any larger federation.
		Perhaps Impatience with the speed of the movement's development was the main motive behind the next Important event In the Mahdi's career, the tamyiz.
	www.muslimphilosophy.com /ei/mahdi.htm (1816 words)

	KAM Africans in Early Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This would account for the variance noted among the Berbers even in ancient times.
		The Haratin of Morocco and Mauritania have also been called "Black Berbers." The Berber clans that were most instrumental in the Moorish conquest of Spain were the Nafza, Masmuda, Luwata, Hawwara, Zanata, Sanhadja and Zugwaha.
		Writing of the women of the Berber clan the Sanhadja confederation a Muslim scholar states, "Their color is fl, though some pale ones can be found among them." It would seem that no monolithic racial type fits the Berbers.
	www.geocities.com /CollegePark/Classroom/9912/africanseurope.html (2083 words)

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