Abu Yaqub Yusuf
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Abu Ya`qub Yusuf or Yusuf I (Arabic: أبو يعقوب يوسف Abū Ya‘qūb Yūsuf; 1135 – 14 October 1184)[1] was the second Almohad Amir or caliph. He reigned from 1163 until 1184 in Marrakech. He had the Giralda in Seville built as well as Koutoubia in Marrakech and Hassan Tower in Rabat.
In 1170 he invaded Iberia, conquering al-Andalus and ravaging Valencia and Catalonia. The following year he established himself in Seville.[2] He ordered the construction of numerous buildings, such as the Alcazar, the Buhaira palace and the fortress of Alcalá de Guadaíra.
Abu Ya'qub Yusuf was defeated by Afonso I of Portugal at the Siege of Santarém (1184), in which he died, his body was sent from Seville to Tinmel where he was buried.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi "al-Mojib fi Talkhis Akhbar al-Maghrib" [The Pleasant Book in Summarizing the History of the Maghreb] (1224) pp.125-126
- ^ Maqqarī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad and Ibn al-Khaṭīb, The history of the Mohammedan dynasties in Spain, Vol.2, (Berkeley Square House, 1843), 319.
| Preceded by Abd al-Mu'min |
Almohad dynasty 1163–1184 |
Succeeded by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur |
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