Almohad Caliphate

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1121 – 1269 · up to 949 thousand km² · Europe, Asia

Capital: Tinmel, Marrakech

The Almohad Caliphate or Almohad Empire was a North African Muslim empire ruled by a Berber dynasty from 1130 to 1269, which at its height controlled much of the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula. The Spanish name "Almohads" derives from the Arabic al-Muwaḥḥidūn, "those who espouse Oneness", reflecting the dynasty's emphasis on divine unity and its protest against what it regarded as the lax character of prevailing Islam, particularly under the Almoravids.

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Predecessors: Almoravid Dynasty, Fatimid Caliphate, Hammadid Dynasty, Taifa of Mértola

Successors: Marinid Sultanate, Emirate of Granada, Zayyanid dynasty, Hafsid Dynasty

Events on its territory

• c. 1238 Alhambra begun
• 1325–1354 Travels of Ibn Battuta