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The
Almoravid
State is
an
Islamic
state
that
emerged
during
the
fifth
and
sixth
century
AH
in
the
Islamic
Maghreb
region.
It
emerged
from
an
Islamic
reform
movement
that
initially
relied
on
Sanhaji
fanaticism
after
the
coalescence
of
a
number
of
its
large
tribes.
This
alliance
turned
into
a
popular
support,
which
in
turn
was
soon
transformed
into
a
military
support
that
eventually
led
to
the
emergence
of
a
regional
economic
power
due
to
the
control
of
these
tribes
over
a
number
of
trade
routes,
[1]
in
addition
to
the
reformist
Islamic
spirit
based
on
the
Sunni
Maliki
belief,
so
it
gave
itself
a
name
expressive
of
This
is
the
“State
of
Rabat
and
Reform.”
The
first
military
movement
of
the
masked
men
was
towards
the
Jadala
tribe,
and
after
the
completion
of
the
inclusion
of
the
rest
of
the
Bedouin
Sanhaji
tribes
into
their
cause,
they
advanced
towards
the
north
to
confront
the
Zenatids,
who
controlled
the
trade
line
linking
the
Sahara
and
Andalusia.
The
entry
and
control
of
the
Almoravids
over
Sijilmassa
in
the
year
447
AH
was
the
first
of
their
major
military
operations
to
unify
the
Islamic
Maghreb.
The
new
state
controlled
a
geographical
area
extending
from
the
Atlantic
Ocean
to
the
west,
the
country
of
Chinguetti,
and
the
basin
of
the
Senegal
River
to
the
south[2],
which
was
the
birthplace
of
the
movement.
It
extended
eastward
to
border
the
Kanem
Empire
and
compete
with
it
on
Lake
Chad
in
the
Sahara
Desert.
This
domain
extended
in
the
north,
penetrating
the
Atlas
Mountains
with
their
large,
medium
and
small
hills,
and
beyond
the
Mediterranean
Sea,
including
parts
of
the
Iberian
Peninsula,
and
controlling
Andalusia.
The
Almoravid
state
was
bordered
to
the
north
by
the
kingdoms
of
Castile,
Nobara,
and
Aragon,
to
the
east
by
the
emirates
of
Beni
Ziri
and
Beni
Hammad,
and
in
the
south
of
the
Sahara,
de
facto,
by
the
kingdoms
of
Bamboo,
Buri,
Lobi,
and
the
empires
of
Mali
and
Ghana.
The
most
prominent
face
of
this
movement
is
the
Emir
of
the
Muslims,
Yusuf
bin
Tashfin,
who
founded
Marrakesh
and
made
it
the
capital
of
the
state.
He
entered
Andalusia
and
subjected
it
to
his
authority
after
the
Battle
of
Zallaqa,
after
the
Taifa
kings
sought
help
from
the
encroachment
of
the
Castilian
Christian
kingdoms.
His
son,
Prince
Ali
bin
Youssef,
lived
through
the
most
prominent
periods
of
the
Almoravid
state.
During
his
rule,
which
lasted
for
nearly
37
years,
the
Sultan
of
the
Almoravids
in
Andalusia
reached
its
peak
in
the
first
ten
years,
as
their
state
consolidated
until
they
were
about
to
recover
everything
that
Alfonso
VI
had
looted,
then
a
period
of
stagnation
followed
in
which
their
fate
fluctuated.
With
successive
victories
and
setbacks,
followed
by
a
period
of
calamities
and
revolutions
in
Andalusia
and
Morocco,
where
the
Almohad
movement,
which
eliminated
the
Almoravid
state,
entered
the
capital,
Marrakesh,
in
the
year
541
AH.