Abu Yaqub Yusuf
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| Abu Yaqub Yusuf | |
|---|---|
Almohad | |
| Father | Abd al-Mu'min ibn Ali |
| Mother | Safiyya bint Abi Imran |
| Religion | Islam |
Abu Ya`qub Yusuf or Yusuf I (
grand mosque.[2]
He was a keen student of philosophy and patron of Averroes.[3]
Life
Yusuf was the son of
Almohad reforms, the two oversaw the banning of any religious material written by non-Zahirites.[8] Yusuf's son al-Mansur would eventually take the reforms even further, actually burning non-Zahirite books instead of merely banning them.[9]
In 1170 he invaded
Alcazar, the Buhaira palace and the fortress of Alcalá de Guadaíra
.
Abu Ya'qub Yusuf was wounded at the Siege of Santarém (1184), in which he died on the road to Seville, near Évora.[11] His body was sent from Seville to Tinmel where he was buried.[1]
References
- ^ Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi"al-Mojib fi Talkhis Akhbar al-Maghrib" [The Pleasant Book in Summarizing the History of the Maghreb] (1224) pp.125-126
- ^ Bennison, Amira K. (2016). The Almoravid and Almohad Empires. Edinburgh University Press.
- ^ "Averroes | Biography, Philosophy, Books, & History | Britannica".
- ISBN 9780190622183.
- ISBN 9004081143.
- ^ Shawqi Daif, Introduction to Ibn Mada's Refutation of the Grammarians, pg. 5. Cairo, 1947.
- ^ Kojiro Nakamura, "Ibn Mada's Criticism of Arab Grammarians." Orient, v. 10, pgs. 89-113. 1974
- ISBN 9780415157575
- ^ Shawqi Daif, Introduction to Ibn Mada's Refutation of the Grammarians, pg. 6. Cairo, 1947.
- W. H. Allen Ltdand M. Duprat.
- ISBN 9004081143.