{"slug": "abu-yaqub-yusuf", "label": "Abu Yaqub Yusuf", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Yaqub_Yusuf", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335489", "qid": "Q335489", "description": "second ruler of Almohad dynasty (r. 1163–1184)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1135, 1184], "span_label": ["1135 CE", "1184 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "almohad-caliphate", "label": "Almohad Caliphate", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "afonso-i-of-portugal", "label": "Afonso I of Portugal", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "badajoz", "label": "Badajoz", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ferdinand-ii-of-leon", "label": "Ferdinand II of León", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-leon", "label": "Kingdom of León", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portugal", "label": "Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lisbon", "label": "Lisbon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ceuta", "label": "Ceuta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-aragon", "label": "Kingdom of Aragon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "catalonia", "label": "Catalonia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1135, "year_label": "1135 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Abu Yaqub Yusuf, caliph of the Almohad Caliphate (d. 1184)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184463#Births", "title": "1135", "revid": 1369184463, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1169, "year_label": "1169 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Gerald the Fearless, Portuguese warrior and knight, receives the support of King Afonso I (\"the Great\"). The Almohad caliph, Abu Yaqub Yusuf, manages to broker an alliance with King Ferdinand II against Afonso. The allies manage to besiege Badajoz, and finally take both Afonso and Gerald prisoner.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367314843#Europe", "title": "1169", "revid": 1367314843, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1171, "year_label": "1171 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – King Alfonso II (the Chaste) of Aragon conquers the cities of Caspe and Teruel. He strengthens his southern frontier after Almohad forces under Caliph Yusuf I ravage Catalonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362165802#Europe", "title": "1171", "revid": 1362165802, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1173, "year_label": "1173 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Abu Yaqub Yusuf, caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, re-populates the western Andalusian city of Beja. But it is rapidly abandoned, a sign of the quick demographic weakening of the Muslims in the peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300112960#Europe", "title": "1173", "revid": 1300112960, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1179, "year_label": "1179 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – A large offensive, by the Almohad army led by Yusuf I in southern Portugal, aims at the reconquest of the Alentejo. Further north, an Almohad fleet sails to attack Lisbon, but is repelled by the Portuguese, near the Cape Espichel. The Portuguese fleet later manages to enter in the harbour of Ceuta, and destroy a number of Muslim ships. It is the beginning of a four-year naval conflict between the Almohads and Portuguese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363299926#Africa", "title": "1179", "revid": 1363299926, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1184, "year_label": "1184 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Santarém: Almohad forces under Caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf march towards Badajoz and besiege Santarém, which is defended by King Afonso I of Portugal (\"the Conqueror\"). Upon hearing of Abu Yusuf's attack, Ferdinand II of León marches his army to Santarém to support his father-in-law, Afonso. Abu Yusuf, in an attempt to break the siege, is wounded by a crossbow bolt and dies on July 29.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362173180#Europe", "title": "1184", "revid": 1362173180, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1184, "year_label": "1184 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – Abu Yaqub Yusuf, Almohad caliph (emir) (b. 1135)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362173180#Deaths", "title": "1184", "revid": 1362173180, "section": "Deaths"}}]}