Having raised the ire of the Almoravid govern-
ment in Marrakesh, Ibn Tumart retreated to his
own people, the Masmuda b
erber
s of the Anti-
Atlas Mountains, in 1121. There he laid the foun-
dations for the future a
lmohad
dynasty
, claiming
the title of m
ahdi
(messianic deliverer) and
implementing a rigorous religious ethic among
his Berber following. Posing as a holy man and
miracle worker, Ibn Tumart rallied the Masmuda
against the ruling a
lmoravid
dynasty
. Although
he failed in his attempt to take Marrakesh (1124),
the city would eventually fall to his successor,
Abd al-Mumin (r. 1133–63), along with the rest
of North Africa and Islamicate Spain after Ibn
Tumart’s death in 1130.
See also a
ndalUsia
.
Stephen Cory
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