Important Dates

Birth of the Almoravid movement by Abd Allah Ibn Yasin al-Djazuli

First occupation of Sijilmassa by Almoravid troops

Choice of the site of Marrakech and beginning of construction work, initiated by Abu Bakr Ibn Umar, to build the residential palace called Qasr al-Hadjar (Palace of Stones)

Yusuf Ibn Tashfin continues the construction of the city of Marrakech

First crossing of Yusuf Ibn Tashfin to al-Andalus. It will be crowned by the victory he won in the plain of Zallaqa

Arrest of al-Mutamid b. Abbad, emir of Seville, and his exile, with his family members, to Aghmat

Defeat inflicted on Almoravid troops at Cutanda by Alfonso I, the Battler, king of Aragon

The two tribes Hargha and Hintata pledge allegiance to Ibn Tumart and announce, thereby, the beginning of the Almohad political-military action

Under the leadership of Abd al-Mumin b. 'Ali, the Almohads occupy the city of Fez