Manṣūr, Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb al-

Manṣūr, Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb al-

▪ Almohad and Muʾminid ruler
in full  Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqub Ibn ʿabd Al-muʾmin Al-manṣūr  
born c. 1160
died Jan. 23, 1199, Marrakech, Mor.

      third ruler of the Muʾminid dynasty of Spain and North Africa, who during his reign (1184–99) brought the power of his dynasty to its zenith.

      When his father, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf, died on July 29, 1184, Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb succeeded to the throne with minor difficulties. In November factious tribes in Algeria captured Algiers and other towns, but by 1188 he had pacified his African territories and returned to his Spanish possessions to check the encroachments of the Portuguese and Castilians. His efforts took seven years—until the Battle of Alarcos (Alarcos, Battle of) (July 18, 1195), when he decisively defeated the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and took the title of al-Manṣūr (“the Victor”). The following year he advanced as far as Madrid but was unable to take it.

      Having defeated all of his enemies, al-Manṣūr returned to Marrakech, where he went into partial retirement and appointed his son Muḥammad as his heir. Al-Manṣūr was a great builder of public works, many of which still stand.

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