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

Nevertheless, over the next forty years or so, each kingdom expanded independently into what had been Almohad territory.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Within a year, the Almohad caliph died without an heir, plunging the Muslim states in Iberia into a civil war from which they never recovered.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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

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

The Spanish historian Gayangos says that it was completed by Jabar or Gever in 1196, during the reign of the illustrious Almohad ruler, Abu Jakub Jusef, the same monarch who erected the Mesquita at Cordova.

From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.