Almoravid

Noun

Meaning

a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain

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Examples

Although the Almoravids had once ruled from Mauritania (south of Morocco) to al-Andalus (southern Spain), Almoravid rule had never reached to Infriqiya. Source: Internet

But the Almoravid emir decided to merely expel him from the city. Source: Internet

El Cid was content to let the Almoravid armies and the armies of Alfonso fight without his help, even when there was a chance that the armies of Almoravid might defeat Alfonso and take over all of Alfonso's lands. Source: Internet

But the Almoravid movement shifted to engaging in military conquest after 1054. Source: Internet

It was once thought that the sacking of Koumbi Saleh by Berbers under the Almoravid dynasty in 1076 was the cause. Source: Internet

By the 1040s, all of the Lamtuna was converted to the Almoravid movement. Source: Internet

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