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n. - A member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain.

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  • The Almoravid conquest of West Africa was led by Abdallah ibn Yasin.
  • Finally he retired to the Almoravid court at Fez, where he was poisoned in 1138.
  • The Almoravid capital was located at the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, founded around 1070.
  • The Almoravid movement (al-Murabitun) sprang up among Saharan tribal groups in the mid-11th century.
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