Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Mustanṣir (also known as Yusuf II, c. 1203 – 1224) (Arabic: يوسف بن الناصر Yūsuf bin an-Nāṣir) was Caliph of the Almohads from 1213...

fourth Almohad Caliph from 1199 until his death. Contemporary Christians referred to him as Miramamolín. On 25 January 1199, al-Nasir's father Abu Yusuf Yaqub...

an-Nasir escapes to Morocco. 1213 Almohad Sultan Muhammad an-Nasir's death. Accession of his son Yusuf II, Almohad Caliph. 1216: The Marinids under their...

ten-year-old son as the next caliph Yusuf II "al-Mustansir". The Almohads passed through a period of effective regency for the young caliph, with power exercised...

Hafsids claimed their descent from Rashidun caliph Omar. After the fall of Baghdad, Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub and Sharif of Mecca Abu Numayy recognized...

Iberian Peninsula Yusuf II, Almohad ruler (c. 1203–1224), the ruler of Morocco Yusuf Abdulla (born 1983), South African cricketer Yusuf bin Salih al-Ayiri...

revenues through piracy generally aimed at Christian ships. The Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf (r. 1163–1184) sent him an emissary demanding his submission...

Died 1213 1199 1213 Fourth Almohad caliph Almohad Yusuf II, Almohad caliph 1203 – 1224 1213 1224 son of Muhammad al-Nasir Almohad Abd al-Wahid I Died September...

title—al-Malik an-Nasir Yusuf Ayyub, ala ghaya "the King Strong to Aid, Joseph son of Job; exalted be the standard." The Abbasid caliph in Baghdad graciously...

1236) was an Almohad rival caliph who reigned from 1227 to 1229. He was a son of Muhammad al-Nasir and brother of Yusuf II, Almohad caliph. At the death...

dynasty and creator of the Almohad empire. As a leader of the Almohad movement he became the first Caliph of the Almohad Empire in 1133, after the death...

the last Almohad caliph who reigned in Marrakesh from 1266 until his death. Marrakech had been besieged earlier by the Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn...

public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (/ˈkælɪf, ˈkeɪ-/; خَلِيفَةْ khalīfa [xæ'liːfæh], pronunciation), a person...

ruled by the Umayyad dynasty. Uthman ibn Affan, the third of the Rashidun caliphs, was also a member of the clan. The family established dynastic, hereditary...

Almohads reduced to the southerly districts around their capital, Marrakech. Although Abu Yahya had designated his son as successor in Fez, Abu Yusuf...

al-Wāḥid ibn Yūsuf) was the Almohad Caliph for less than a year in 1224. Abd al-Wahid was the son of the great Almohad conqueror Abu Yaqub Yusuf and younger...

declared his allegiance to the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (before 1244), to the Almohad caliph Abd al-Wahid II al-Rashid (also before 1244), and to the...

of Marrakesh by the Sevillan caliph Abd al-Wahid II al-Ma'mun in 1226, which was followed by a massacre of the Almohad tribal sheikhs and their families...

'al-ʿAdil' (Arabic: عبد الله ʿAbd Allāh; d. October 4, 1227) was an Almohad Caliph, a former governor in al-Andalus who challenged and secured the murder...

Tarragona before them. It was not until 1172 that the Almohads finished conquering the Taifas. In 1172, Yusuf I began a series of attacks in Castile and destroyed...

October 1232) was an Almohad rival caliph who reigned in part of the empire from 1229 until his death. He was a son of Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur and brother...

Almohad caliph who reigned over part of present-day Morocco from 1248 until his death. During his time as caliph, the area of Morocco under Almohad control...

as caliph, 929–961 Al-Hakam II, 961–976 Hisham II, 976–1008 Muhammad II, 1008–1009 Sulayman II, 1009–1010 Hisham II, restored, 1010–1012 Sulayman II, restored...

and the atabeg Toghrul II. Zengi was recalled to the East, stimulated by the Caliph and Dubays, where he was beaten. The Caliph then laid siege to Mosul...

dynasty. 1215: The Banu Marin (Marinids) attacks the Almohads when the 16-year-old Almohad caliph Yusuf II Al-Mustansir comes to power in 1213. The battle...

grew steadily worse. After Ali ibn Yusuf's death in 1143, his son Tashfin ibn Ali lost ground rapidly before the Almohads. In 1146, he was killed in a fall...

peace with the Almohads was not signed until 1180, when a Sicilian naval vessel intercepted a ship bearing the daughter of the caliph Yūsuf to Spain. According...

the Banu Ghaniya, led by Ali ibn Ghaniya, another enemy of the Almohads. The Almohad caliph Yaqub al-Mansur reconquered Ifriqiya from 1187 to 1188, defeating...

(1146–1147) Almohad Caliphate of Morocco (complete list) – Abd al-Mu'min, Caliph (1147–1163) Abu Yaqub Yusuf, Caliph (1163–1184) Yaqub al-Mansur, Caliph (1184–1199)...

The Abbasid caliphs were the holders of the Islamic title of caliph who were members of the Abbasid dynasty, a branch of the Quraysh tribe descended from...