Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur

Ya ʿ al - Mansur qūb (Arabic أبو يوسف يعقوب بن يوسف المنصور Abu Yusuf Ya ʿ qub ibn Yusuf al - Mansur, Abū Yūsuf Ya ʿ DMG qūb ibn Yūsuf al - Mansur, † 1199 ) was a caliph of the Almohads ( 1184-1199 ).

Yaqub al - Mansur was appointed I. already under the government of Abu Yaqub Yusuf his father (1163-1184) to the vizier and resided in Seville. After the death of his father he was able to prevail with the help of the clan of Abu Hafs Umar his rule and crush the revolts of his brothers and his uncle. In Andalusia, the Almohads continued to operate successfully against the Christians. So Yaqub al - Mansur succeeded on July 19, 1195 at Alarcos a great victory over Castile. 1197 was an advance to Madrid and Guadalajara. Thus the expansion of the Christian stopped south for several years.

Less successful than in Andalusia Yaqub al - Mansur was in the defense of the empire in Ifriqiya and Tripolitania, where there were battles with the mercenary leader Qaraqusch again. But was Ominously the revolt of the Banu Ghanija in Ifriqiya. Members of this tribe had been used by the Almoravids as governor in the Balearic Islands, as the rule of the Almohads which they are not recognized. 1184 landed them under Ali, coming from the Balearic Islands, with an army in Bourgie and allied themselves with the Bedouins of the Banu Hilal in Ifriqiya. Although they were defeated by the Almohads several times, but could never be finally suppressed the revolt. As Yahya 1195 the leadership of the insurgents took over and Qaraqusch eliminated, began a devastating guerrilla war, the Ifriqiya, Tripolitania and large parts of Algeria difficult devastated and led to the ruin of the economy.

Ya ʿ qūb pleaded publicly zāhiritischen teaching direction and turned away from the Maliki school. Although under Yaqub al - Mansur, the philosopher Ibn Rushd / Averroes was temporarily sent into exile for heretical views, art and culture were further encouraged. Above all, an extensive building activity took place. Thus, besides the construction was the Qasba of Marrakech, among other things, the completion of the Grand Mosque in Seville, which was extended to the residence of the Almohads in Andalusia. The Hasan mosque in Rabat, however, could not be completed.

Yaqub al - Mansur became ill during a campaign in Andalusia and certain before his death in January 1199 al-Nasir Muhammad ( 1199-1213 ) as his successor. Yaqub al - Mansur was buried in Tinmallal / Tinmal.