Almohad

American  

[al-muh-had] / ˈæl məˌhæd /

Also Almohade

noun

1. a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa during the 12th and 13th centuries.

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Etymology

Origin of Almohad

From the Arabic word al-muwaḥḥid literally, the one who professes the unity of God

Example Sentences

The empire forged by the Almohad Caliphate was short-lived, however, and by the thirteenth century, it had been fatally weakened by internal rebellions.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

This situation was unsettling to some of the Amazigh, who then launched a successful war of religious reform against the Almoravids and established their own reformist West African kingdom, the Almohad Kingdom.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

These movements, the Almoravid and later the Almohad, sought to reform the prevailing Sunni Islam then propagated by the Umayyad Caliphate.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Meanwhile, insurgencies in the Maghreb and the sacking of Marrakesh by rebels in 1275 brought the Almohad Empire to an end.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Almohad conquerors who built the Koutoubya and embellished Marrakech dreamed a dream of beauty that extended from the Guadalquivir to the Sahara; and at its two extremes they placed their watch-towers.

From In Morocco by Wharton, Edith