'Abd al-Wahid al-Marrakushi

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ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn ʿAlī al-Tamīmī al-Marrākushī (

Almohad
period.

Abdelwahid was born in Marrakech in 1185 during the reign of

Ibn Rushd
(a contemporary of Abdelwahid) as well as information directly taken from the Almohad archives, various princes and accounts of events that the author witnessed.

Although he vowed respect for the Almohad movement and its founding tribe the

Marinids
, who omitted to report about significant plots and revolts that occurred during his lifetime.

Abdelwahid finished his life in Egypt, as he reported in his book that the later events of the Almohads did not reach him in great detail since he was away.

References

  1. ^ "Historians in North Africa and Spain". 2011-09-27. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2020-05-03.

Bibliography

  • Abdel Wahid al-Marrakushi, The history of the Almohades, preceded by a sketch of the history of Spain from the time of the conquest till the reign of Yúsof ibn-Téshúfin, and of the history of the Almoravides, ed. R.P.A. Dozy, 1968 (reprint of the second edition, Leyden 1881; first edition Leyden 1847)