Abu Yaqub Yusuf

Abu Yaqub Yusuf I ibn Abd al - Mu'min (Arabic أبو يعقوب يوسف بن عبد المؤمن, Abū Ya ʿ DMG qūb Yūsuf b ʿ Abd al -Mu ʾ min;. † 1184 in Évora ), second caliph of the Almohads ( 1163-1184 ) was.

Abu Yaqub Yusuf I was born in Tinmallal / Tinmal the son of Abd al - Mumin and originated from the maternal Masmuda Berbers from. Early on he learned as governor of Seville know the Andalusian culture. After his older brother Muhammad was overthrown in 1163, Yusuf I. prevailed as the successor of Abd al - Mumin. The resistance of his younger brothers, the governor of Córdoba, Fez and Bourgie were able to overcome.

Also had riots in the Rif mountains and dejected in Gafsa, and the mercenary leader Qaraqusch be fought in Tripolitania, which was invaded from Egypt with his troops in the Almohadenreich. With the conquest of Valencia in 1172, the reign of the Almohad Andalusia could be secured. Yusuf I even married a daughter of his enemy Ibn Mardanisch. In the subsequent battles against the Christian kingdoms in northern Spain Yusuf I. could operate quite successfully, but not achieve decisive results, as battles dodged.

Under his rule, scholars, philosophers and poets were strongly promoted. At his court were with Ibn Tufail and Ibn Rushd / Averroes two of the most important philosophers of the Islamic world. Also, there was a strong construction activity in the kingdom, where the Andalusian architecture prevailed against the Syrian- Egyptian style.

Yusuf I in 1184 was wounded in a campaign against Lisbon before Santarém and died of his injuries in Évora. He was buried in Tinmallal / Tinmal next to Ibn Abd al- Mumin and Tumart. Was succeeded by his son Yaqub al - Mansur ( 1184-1199 ).

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