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Yaqub al-Mansur

Ruler of the Almohad Caliphate from 1184 to 1199

9 dated entries naming Yaqub al-Mansur, drawn from 8 separate years between 1160 CE and 1199 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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12th century

  • 1160Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Almohad caliph (d. 1199)source
  • 1184August 10 – Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur is proclaimed the new caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, after his father Abu Yaqub Yusuf is killed in Portugal.source
  • 1185The Almohad forces under Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur reconquer Béjaïa and Algiers, that have been taken by the Banu Ghaniya, descendants of the Almoravids.source
  • 1187Almohad forces under Caliph Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur reconquer the city of Gabès (modern Tunisia) from the Almoravid pretender, Ali Banu Ghaniya.source
  • 1190Siege of Silves – the Almohad caliph, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, fails to reconquer Silves, Portugal.source
  • 1191Siege of Silves – Almohad forces under Caliph Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur reconquer Silves in Portugal. In the same campaign, the Almohads take also Alcácer do Sal, while Palmela and Almada are sacked.source
  • 1195July 18 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur decisively defeats Castilian King Alfonso VIII.source
  • 1199January 23 – Caliph Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur dies at Marrakesh after a 15-year reign in which he has defeated the Castilian forces of King Alfonso VIII (the noble) (see 1195) and other Christian enemies in Al-Andalus. He is succeeded by his son Muhammad al-Nasir as ruler of the Almohad Caliphate (until 1213).source
  • 1199January 23 – Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Almohad caliph (b. 1160)source

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