Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada
| Abū Ḥafṣ ‘Umar al-Murtaḍā | |
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| Caliph of the Almohad | |
| Father | Abu Ibrahim Ishaq ibn Yusuf |
| Religion | Islam |
Abū Ḥafṣ ‘Umar al-Murtaḍā (
Almohad caliph who reigned over part of present-day Morocco
from 1248 until his death.
Life
During his time as
Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq
, with Idris II then proclaiming himself as caliph.
He was interested in Maghrebi script and established the first public manuscript transcription center at the madrasa of his mosque in Marrakesh.[1][2]
References
- OCLC 49744368.
- ^ "المدارس المرينية: بين رغبة المخزن ومعارضة الفقهاء". زمان (in Arabic). 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
Sources
- Julien, Charles-André. Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord, des origines à 1830, Payot, Paris, 1994.
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