fwo_933443 - ALMORAVIDS - ALI BEN YUSUF 1 Dinar AH 535 (1140) Almeria
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Type : 1 Dinar AH 535
Date: (1140)
Mint name / Town : Almeria
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Diameter : 25,60 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 4,11 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement voilé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN ARABE).
Obverse description : Dans le champ.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN ARABE).
Reverse description : Dans le champ.
Historical background
ALMORAVIDS - ALI BEN YUSUF
(XIth / AH 500-537)
The Almoravid Dynasty ruled Spain and Morocco in the 11th and 12th centuries. Initially, formed around a Berber tribe, they formed a brotherhood of warrior monks around Abdullah ibn Yacine who founded a military monastery (ribât in Arabic) hence the name of el-morabitum or Almoravides (those of the ribât) . He was the founder of the dynasty which conquered a true Empire extending over Africa and Muslim Spain where they intervened against the Christians and defeated Alfonso VI of Castile in 1186 at Sarajas.
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