This is Part 1 of our Full Documentary Series on The Berber (Amazigh) Almoravids (Al Murabitun). They started out as a need for islamic revival within moroccan tribes. It was a purely religious movement that picked up steam in the 1040s and started to attract more and more followers. By 1060, they unified most tribes in North West Africa. In 1085, the Kings of the Taifas, the small city-states in Al Andalus call upon them for help, which kicks off a 20 year process of RE-reconquista (basically taking back the territorial gains made by the Christians in their own reconquista)

From defeating the Kingdom of Buraghwata run by a Fake Prophet, to delaying the Reconquista by some 400 years, this Muslim dynasty, ran by Yusuf Ibn Tashfin for 46 years, had a fascinating run.

00:00 Part 1 Origins
06:27 Part 2 Defeating the Fake prophet of Buraghwata
11:36 Part 3 Yusuf Ibn Tashfin, The Pious One
19:15 Part 4 The Fall of Toledo !
26:19 Part 5 The Legendary Battle of Sagrajas !
34:18 Part 6 The Siege of Aledo in 1088
41:17 Part 7 The Embassy to Baghdad and Meeting Imam Al Ghazali
46:48 Part 8 The Fall of Granada, and the Confessions of Ibn Balkin
53:32 Part 9 The Fall of Almeria
58:08 Part 10 The Fall of Sevilla and the Battle of Almodovar

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Main sources:
- يوسف بن تاشفين ، موحد المغرب و قائد المرابطين ، الدكتور حامد محمد خليفة
- تاريخ ابن خلدون
- روض القرطاس ، ابن ابي زرع
- التبيان ، ابن بلقين

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