Almoravid

Almoravid
/al'meuh rah"vid, al mawr"euh-, -mohr"-/, n.
a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
Also, Almoravide /al mawr"euh vuyd', -mohr"-, al'meuh rah"vuyd/.
[ < Sp < Ar al-murabit lit., the occupant of a fortified convent]

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