Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur
Noble person
1160 – 1199
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Who was Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur?
Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur, also known as Moulay Yacoub, was the third Almohad Caliph. Succeeding his father, al-Mansur reigned from 1184 to 1199. His reign was distinguished by the flourishing of trade, architecture, philosophy and the sciences, as well as by victorious military campaigns in which he was able to temporarily stem the tide of Christian Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula.
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- Born
- 1160
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Ethnicity
- Arab people
- Died
- Jan 23, 1199
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on July 23, 2013
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