Abdallah al-Adil

Abdallah al - Adil (Arabic أبو محمد عبد الله العادل بن يوسف, Abū Muḥammad ʿ Abd Allāh DMG al - ʿ Adil b. Yūsuf ) was the seventh caliph of the Almohads ( 1224-1227 ).

After the death of Yusuf al - Mustansir II (1213-1224) broke out power struggles among the tribal leaders of the Almohads. Abd al- Wahid I. al - Muchlu, a son of Abu Yaqub Yusuf I, was deposed in place of Yusuf II after a few months.

New Caliph Abdallah al - Adil was a son of Yaqub al - Mansur. The decline of the empire lasted for more. In addition to the insurgency and the revolts of the Arab Bedouins, the Almohads were further weakened by infighting. 1227 revolted al - Adils brother Idris I. al - Mamun ( governor of Seville ) in Andalusia, landed with 12,000 mercenaries in Morocco fell Abdallah al - Adil, and was with his troops against the other claimants to the throne as the eighth Caliph ( 1227-1232 ) prevail.