In the year 477 AH Muslims experienced a painful catastrophe with the fall of the Andalusian city of (Toledo) in the hands of the Spaniards which led them to seek the help from Al-Moravid state in Morocco to save (Andalusia) Al-Moravids did not disappoint the Muslims so they rushed to respond to the call and were able to stop the Spanish advance in the lands of Andalusia and save the rest of Andalusia from the imminent fall But they were able to recover some of the lands seized by the Spaniards but they were unable to restore (Toledo), which was lost forever that paved the sunset of Islam in Andalusia In our documentary film we will take you on an interesting historical journey to (Al-Moravid state) which was able to unite Morocco and save Islam in Andalusia Stay with us till the end..... We welcome your suggestions and recommendations for topics, which we can present, that agree with the policy of our channel By tracing the origins of the Al-Moravids we find that they belong to (the Lamtouna) tribe one of the Sanhaja tribes which is considered one of the most powerful Berber tribes whose men spread in North Africa and inhabited its mountains and plains The Sanhaji tribes were known by the name of (the Masked Men) at first because they took the mask as a slogan before they were called (Al-Moravids) As for the beginning of Al-Moravid state "Yahya bin Ibrahim", the prince of the Lamtouna tribe while performing his pilgrimage in 427 AH he met the Imam "Abu Imran Al-Fassi" and agreed with him to establish a Sunni Islamic state in Morocco in order to unite the countries of Morocco and eliminate the chaos in which it was bred Prince "Yahya" returned to his country accompanied by one of the jurists, "Abdullah bin Yasin" to teach these tribes about their religion in preparation for the establishment of Al-Moravid state After the success of Sheikh Abdullah’s mission the stage of conquest of Morocco began and after his death, the banner passed to "Abu Bakr bin Omar al-Lamttouni" who left half of Al-Moravid army to his cousin "Yusef bin Tashfin" while he took the rest to the south to conquer it until he was martyred so that the principality of the state eventually moved to "Yusuf bin Tashfin" "Youssef bin Tashfin" is considered the true founder of Al-Moravid state As soon as the things settled for "Ibn Tashfin" he began to move to West Africa very quickly and was able to unite Morocco and then establish its capital, (Marrakesh) and began to spread the brigades and armies to subdue the tribes and the small emirates around him Some of them were calmed down, who had a close relationship with him or there were no wars or conflicts between them such as (Bani Hammoud) And thus, "Ibn Tashfin" was able to consolidate the pillars of his emirate and extend his authority over Morocco after a jihad that lasted 30 years The Abbasid Caliph "Ahmed Al-Mustazar bi-Allah" confessed for what he had from the country and he was called as (the Prince of Muslims) At that time, the situation in Andalusia was quite the opposite The conflict over power prevailed and the country was divided into 22 states in what was known as the era of (Kings of Denominations) at a time when the Spaniards became stronger after they united their efforts under the leadership of King "Alfonso VI" of (Castile) and they returned to complete the wars of redemption to be able to overthrow (Toledo) in 477 AH With the inability of the resistance to stop this Crusader advance on the Islamic territories the Muslims sent to Prince "Yusuf bin Tashfin" asking him for help and assistance to save Andalusia from the imminent fall and Al-Moravids did not hesitate for a moment so they responded to their request and announced the general mobilization in Al-Moravid army and began preparations to go to (Andalusia) When the Al-Moravids arrived in (Andalusia) the Muslims received them with great welcome while "Alfonso" was worried when he heard the news So, he quickly lifts the siege on the city of (Zaragoza) and returned to (Toledo) to announce the general war He gathered more than 60,000 men and marched with his army until he reached (Batha Zalqa) to meet the Muslims there The battle began between the two teams and the Crusaders were able at first to inflict heavy losses on the Muslims until the Muslim forces began to weaken and retreat in the face of their strikes and "Alfonso" was sure that victory would be his ally in the end However, he was surprised by the Al-Moravid army led by "Yusuf bin Tashfin" who surprised them from behind inflicting heavy losses to their camp And the scales turned over And the Crusader army became besieged by the Muslims and a terrible battle took place in which thousands of people were killed King "Alfonso" was stabbed in his thigh and the Crusaders started turning away until the Muslims finally achieved victory After the battle of (Zalqa) "Yusuf bin Tashfin" returned to (Morocco) leaving the command of Al-Moravids to the leader "Sir bin Abi Bakr" But the kings of the sects returned to their first life So, Prince "Yusuf" decided to put an end to them before they caused the loss of (Andalusia) And thus the state of Al-Moravids began in (Andalusia) and "Yusuf bin Tashfin" was able to unite the emirates of (Andalusia) after isolating the kings of the sects The Al-Moravids were able to restore the lands seized by the Spaniards so they were able to retrieve the city of (Uclés) which is located east of (Toledo) in 501 AH and the city of (Talavera de la Reina) in 503 AH Also, they were able to restore (the Balearic Islands) in 509 AH But they were unable to restore the city of (Toledo) "Yusuf bin Tashfin" appointed his son "Muhammad" as prince of eastern Andalusia while he returned to (Morocco) and lived in it for the rest of his life quietly until his soul ascended to its creator in 500 AH at the age of 99 after he changed the course of history in (Andalusia) thanks to his response to the distress of the Muslims who continued to be in Andalusia for nearly 4 more centuries before the unfortunate end in 897 AH "Ali bin Yusuf" took over the rule of Al-Moravid state after the death of his father so he followed his father’s approach of jihad in (Andalusia) but his state was not spared from strife A revolution broke out against the Al-Moravids, led by "Muhammad bin Tumart" founder of (Almohad) movement and after him "Abd al Mu'min bin Ali" Prince "Ali" continued to resist the advance of the Almohads on the Al-Moravid lands until his death in 537 AH His death marked the end of Al-Moravid state in (Morocco) and then (Andalusia) He succeeded "Tashfin bin Ali", his father, in the rule of Al-Moravid state so he was distracted from Almohads by looking into the internal affairs of his chaotic state in addition to maintaining the prestige of Al-Moravids in (Andalusia) and things got worse due to the Norman raid on the city of (Ceuta) and confronted by Al-Moravid fleet under the leadership of "Ali bin Maimon" With all these turmoil, along with the splitting of some tribes and joining Almohads "Abd al-Mu'min bin Ali" was eventually able to kill "Tashfin ibn Ali" in 539 AH and Almohads entered the capital, (Marrakesh) thus ending the rule of Al-Moravid state in (Morocco) On the other hand the situation in (Andalusia) was not better than in (Morocco) as these events affected the Al-Moravids there The Spaniards took advantage of this situation to tighten pressure on Al-Moravids to turn the battle in their favour according to Al-Sallabi After things were settled in the new Almohad state he turned his eyes towards (Andalusia) to annex it to his state And what helped him in this is that some Andalusian cities have taken advantage of the conflict between the two parties to separate from Al-Moravids and intervene in the obedience of Almohads So, "Abd Al-Moumen" sent a large army to (Andalusia) in 541 AH and Almohads were able to extend their influence over the Andalusian cities until they had complete control over them in 556 AH and thus ending the Al-Moravid state Al-Moravid state ended but their traces remained over for many years witnessing the greatness of Al-Moravid civilization Al-Moravids were not only interested in the military aspect but were interested in the aspects of literary, scientific and architectural life From the literary side Prince "Ali bin Yusuf" was interested in literature and poetry so poets and writers flocked to his court, so the literary movement flourished But from the scientific side the Al-Moravids were interested in medicine, pharmacy natural sciences, history, geography and other different sciences In terms of architecture Al-Moravids left many architectural monuments including: (the Qarawiyyin Mosque) which was close in stature to (Al-Azhar Mosque) and a large number of scholars and jurists graduated from it And in terms of military architecture Al-Moravids were concerned with constructing castles, fortresses and walls to defend (Morocco) and (Andalusia) including (the walls of Marrakesh) and (the castle of Munqut) on the orchards of (Murcia) in Andalusia We wish that you liked our content We also ask for your support to our channel by subscription and turn on all the notification's buttons All Rights are Reserved to Atlas Channel