A comprehensive account of two of the most important empires in medieval North AfricaThis
is the first book in English to provide a comprehensive account of the rise and fall of the …

This is a book about revolutionary movements of a messianic and millenarian character—in
Islamic terms, a book about Mahdism. It is also a book which addresses the question of …

The Almohads, who ruled the Islamic west and al-Andalus during the sixth/twelfth century
and the first half of the seventh/thirteenth century, based their legitimacy as caliphs on the …

This chapter explores the extent to which Almohad ideology, with its combination of spiritual
alienation from non-Almohad society and of political activism, was something new in …

Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185) was an Andalusian courtier, philosopher, Sufi master, and royal
physician to the Almohad Caliphs. He inspired the twelfth-century Andalusian revolt against …

Beginning in 1172, Judah ibn Tibbon, who was called the father of Hebrew translators, wrote
a letter to his son that was full of personal and professional guidance. The detailed letter …

This paper analyzes how the memorialization and commemoration of early conflicts in
Islamic history influenced the performance and legitimization of jihād, especially on the part …

Abstract Grounded in Romance, Latin, and Arabic archival sources, this article traces the
journey of the last Almohad princes, the sons of the caliph Abū Dabbūs, from North Africa …

This paper addresses the impact of the Almohad caliphs' claim to religious authority, their
religious policy, and specifically their propagation of the creeds attributed to the movement's …

This article presents a Genizah letter dealing with Jewish trade in Fes shortly after the
Almohads had started their conquest of southern Morocco. The authors propose a new …