Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar

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Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar

Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar (died in 1087) was an Almoravid ruler. He was appointed General of the Almoravid movement by its leader Abdallah ibn Yasin on the death of his brother Yahya ibn Ibrahim in 1056 . He captured Sus

Sous

The Sous or Souss is a region in southern Morocco. Geologically, it is the alluvial basin of the Oued Sous , separated from the Sahara by the Anti-Atlas mountains....
and its capital Aghmat

Aghmat

Aghmat was an important medieval Berber people town in southern Morocco which is today an archaeological site known as "Joum?a Aghmat". It is situated approximately 30 km east of Marrakech on the Ourika River road....
in southern Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
in 1057, and became leader of the Murabitun on the death of Ibn Yasin in battle with the Berghwata Berbers

Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic groups of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are discontinuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River....
in 1059. He married the wealthiest woman in Aghmat

Aghmat

Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat

Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat , a Berber people woman of influence in the early Almoravid movement which gained control of Morocco, Algeria and parts of Spain....
, and began to found a new capital at Marrakech

Marrakech

Marrakesh or Marrakech , known as the "Red City", is an important city/Wiktionary:medina in Morocco. It has a population of 1,036,500 , and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains....
in 1070.

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Sous

The Sous or Souss is a region in southern Morocco. Geologically, it is the alluvial basin of the Oued Sous , separated from the Sahara by the Anti-Atlas mountains....
and its capital Aghmat

Aghmat

Morocco

Berber people

Aghmat

Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat

Marrakech

Sahara

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe....
in 1071 to put down a rebellion, he left control of the Sus

Sous

The Sous or Souss is a region in southern Morocco. Geologically, it is the alluvial basin of the Oued Sous , separated from the Sahara by the Anti-Atlas mountains....
to his cousin Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashafin was an ethnic Berber people and Almoravid dynasty ruler in North Africa and Al-Andalus ....
while his son Ismail was given charge of Sijilmassa. He divorced Zaynab

Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat

Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat , a Berber people woman of influence in the early Almoravid movement which gained control of Morocco, Algeria and parts of Spain....
before he left and advised her to marry Yusuf

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashafin was an ethnic Berber people and Almoravid dynasty ruler in North Africa and Al-Andalus ....
, knowing that she was not suited to a life of jihad

Jihad

Jihad , an List of Islamic terms in Arabic, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic language, the word jihad is a noun meaning "struggle." Jihad appears frequently in the Qur'an and common usage as the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of Allah "....
in the Sahara

Sahara

The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe....
.

After suppressing the rebellion, he wanted to return to take up his former position. However, Yusuf

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashafin was an ethnic Berber people and Almoravid dynasty ruler in North Africa and Al-Andalus ....
had taken a liking to power. Acting on Zaynab

Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat

Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat , a Berber people woman of influence in the early Almoravid movement which gained control of Morocco, Algeria and parts of Spain....
's advice Yusuf

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashafin was an ethnic Berber people and Almoravid dynasty ruler in North Africa and Al-Andalus ....
was able to turn back Abu-Bakr using diplomacy rather than force. As a courtesy to his former leader, Yusuf

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashafin was an ethnic Berber people and Almoravid dynasty ruler in North Africa and Al-Andalus ....
kept Abu-Bakr's name on the Almoravid coinage until his death.

Abu-Bakr returned to the Sahara

Sahara

Ghana Empire

The Ghana Empire or Wagadou Empire was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania, and Western Mali.This is believed to be first of many empires that would rise in that part of Africa....
in 1076 and is often credited with initiating the spread of Islam

Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
on the southern periphery of the Sahara. Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar died shortly after receiving news of Yusuf Ibn Tashfin's victory at the Battle of Sagrajas near Badajoz

Badajoz

Badajoz - , the capital of the Spain provinces of Spain of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain of Extremadura, is situated close to the Portugal border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid-Lisbon railway....
(in modern Spain

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
), in 1087.

A leader of remarkable ability, he fused his tribes with a religious reform movement; his remarkable tolerance of Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashafin was an ethnic Berber people and Almoravid dynasty ruler in North Africa and Al-Andalus ....
's insubordination preserved the infant Almoravid state and permitted its rapid expansion into the Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Arab Muslims, at various times in the period between 711 and 1492....
(Moorish

Moors

In the Spanish language, the term for Moors is Moro; in Portuguese language the word is mouro. There seems to have been some confusion about the relationship of the word moro/mouro to the word moreno , both from Greek language ma?ros, i.e....
Iberia

Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
) and most of North Africa

North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa.Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Northern Africa includes the following seven countries or territories:...
as well.