Caliph Yusuf and Yaqub of Almohad Caliphate | 1163CE - 1195CE | Almohad Caliphate #2

As early as a decade before his death, Caliph Abd al-Mumin had chosen his son, Muhammad to be his heir. However, in a shocking twist, another one of Abd al-Mumin’s sons, Umar pushed him out of succession and had his brother Yusuf installed as the caliph. Abu Ya’qub Yusuf and Umar were sons of the same woman. The Almohad elites would, from this point on, mostly consist of the descendants of these two brothers.
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[@UsefulCharts]

2 videos in less than 10 days. Niiiiice.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

IKR! I'm already editing the audio for a new video.

[@micahistory]

you watch him too?

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

@@micahistory Matthew is the Patron Saint of my channel, actually.

[@micahistory]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT ok nice

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

The image of Beja says "Spain" but it's actually in Portugal now. I fixed that but I have no idea how it didn't get through. Also, don't forget to sign up to the email list! forms.gle/e5hoGcQcswQRwyRD7

[@sohaibology]

Epic! I prefer the low rasp in your voice like in the older videos tho. Kinda fits the subject matter.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Hahaha, people say that can't understand me in those videos!!!

[@jordanianchristian8387]

You should do a series on the Safavids.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

That's on my list, my friend. The Islamic Gunpowder Empires are my favorite.

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

@@AlMuqaddimahYTExcept for the Persian Empire. Hotak Dynasty all the way! 💪🏼☪️🇦🇫

[@laenorvelaryon5835]

Whenever i read about the Almoravids and Almohads I have this feeling of a great potential pissed away. They were pratically the same, ethnically, religiously, socially, although Almohad caliphs have more of a tendency to "lose their nerves", imagine what they could've accomplished if they joined forces instead of messing it up just to be "in charge" And finally they mutually destroyed each other, as I think you'll get to that in the next video, Almohads were a major factor in the end of the Almoravids from the south, and Banu Ghania (Almoravids remnants) were a major factor in the end of Almohad from the east. such a waste.

[@dzpower189]

amazigh fight against each other

[@aym.s5827]

@@dzpower189 who told you that? Both of those states are a mix of the 3 amazigh tribal branches zenaga zenata and masmuda and even if they lost battles they’re still the 2 greatest states in the history of Andalus and North Africa

[@chefar]

they are not the same, they genocided each other many times (their tribes confederations) they hated each other more than spain hated muslims back then

[@KILLER.KNIGHT]

Nah! Almoravid Dynasty all the way! 💪🏼☪️

[@mohamedred5746]

The Problem of The Almohad caliphs is that they waste To Much Time In North África than Iberian penínsule

[@daidai8760]

good point

[@mohamedred5746]

@EuropaNostra What do you smoke kid? Are you from these eurocentrics re....ds? In that time the Europens didnt even know how to get a Shower lol... There is one British queen that only clean herself 2 times in her life lol

[@mohamedred5746]

@EuropaNostra I am Moroccan i Caree sh... about Europe, these Countries that are you talking about most of them Were destroyed thanks to your "freedom" And "Democracy"

[@mohamedred5746]

@EuropaNostra As you Europens never go to other Countries for Resources for Example 😂

[@Revitalization4241]

Other way around, they should have focussed on North africa only, they weren't ready for Andalusia

[@freetube5304]

Will there be a 3rd part for the Almohad Caliphate covering... - Alliance with the Ayyubids sultans against the crusader in the red sea. - Ibn Rushd - Banu Ghaniya - Muhammad Al-Nasir - Las navas de Tolosa - Abdullah al-Adil(Most disastrous of the Almohad Caliph) - Disintergration of the Almohad Empire - The Third Ta'ifa period - Loss of all the great cities save Granadah.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Spoiler alert!

[@the_major]

Another great episode! Keep them coming!

[@OutlandishSamurai]

Why weren't they adapting to siege warfare? Couldn't they hire engineers among the Andalusians or educate some of their officers? Sorry if I sound annoyed but they just didn't learn anything from the morabet.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Frankly, throughout the history of Islam in Spain, they never really had a successful big siege. The borders of Islamic Iberia were sent in 711 or so and stayed that way, never expanded. Never really expanded. Muslims were good at field battle but laying siege on European terrain was difficult for them. Finding supplies and dealing with the Christians was just not something that they were able to do. That's why I believe Muslims would've never been able to conquer Europe even if they had won at Tours. I don't think there were good siege engineers in Muslim Iberia. They should've brought some from Egypt and Baghdad but well...

[@youtubeuser1820]

Al Muqaddimah what about Almansur, he was able to take down most of the Christian cities and citadels.

[@alfgui3295]

Spanish geography is a nightmare for conquering forces, it's not a coincidence that the term guerrilla is Spanish, and then on top of that you have the problematic of invading a land plagued with castles, it's an attrition kind of warfare without many decisive battles, plus Almohad center of power was north Africa, not Spain, which increased the cost of campaigning greatly, it's the lost at the battle of the Navas of Tolosa what bankrupted Almohad.

[@nazeem8680]

Almohads took 3 castles, they took Silves, they conquered all the castles and fortified towns of Norman Africa. They did have siege engines but siege was difficult in medieval period. Its not a "special trait" of almohads or almoravids, and almohads were not desert warriors, they were mostly mountain tribes of atlas and the plains of western morocco. You dont build an empire if you dont know how to siege.

[@vaktus3380]

@@nazeem8680it’s almost become a trend for KZbin historians to shit on the Almohads siege capability, under great rulers it’s clearly something they were able to do, expansion andalus just doesn’t seem to have been a priority

[@micahistory]

great video as always my friend

[@robertejb6824]

Can't wait for the next one! 👌

[@HVLLOWS1999]

Total War Med II flash backs!

[@kuroazrem5376]

New intro, cool!!!

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Ikr!

[@NunoPlague]

On the current day's Beja photograph, you describe it as being in Spain, but it's in Portugal.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Yeah, I clearly remember fixing that!

[@afifi1828]

Muslim amazigh people (Morocco) is so awesome. They have many great battle against Iberian kingdom. Same go with muslim arabs and turks where they have great battle against Byzantine. How I wish that my nations have same epic history and battle against european power

[@huriale1617]

Just Morroco ? ^^" All the Maghreb is majoritarely amazigh ^^"

[@afifi1828]

@@huriale1617 yeah so sorry. I know amazigh people live in north africa

[@roronoa02]

Where are you from brother?

[@AbdouSefiani]

@@afifi1828 What's your country?

[@pax4370]

For Malay province.

[@wasigupitobudiarto7767]

I used to employ almohad soldiers frequently in Medieval : Total Wars through mercenary since they have large shield and sharp blade

[@husseinalsharaa202]

I love this channel

[@ateium2409]

Are you releasing videos in other languages ???

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

I want to.

[@shaikmohammedArshad]

Assalam, awaiting for Next part

[@vinfacts11]

i understand that they didn't have photos, but c'mon a pic of Hulegu Khan? really?

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Since the artist who drew it never saw Hulegu Khan, is it really a picture of him? o_0

[@meddet8336]

You didn't mention how Yaqub humiliated alfonso by sending his wife and daughter to Yaqub asking him to spare alfonso's life.

[@silveryuno]

Do you think "Andalusi" would be a good replacement for terms like "Moors" or "Spanish Musilims" when talking about this period? I ask because Flash Point History used the term "Andalusi" once in one of his videos, and I have not been able to get it out of my head since...

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

In the modern day, Andalusia refers to a region of Spain. However, in the past, al-Andalus was more an idea than a literal region. It was the region of Iberia that was under Muslim control. Whether it stretched to the Tagus or just the southern mountains. So, yeah, Andalusi would be a good term. Moor, itself, doesn't really mean anything.

[@silveryuno]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT It's still heavily assosiated with the old Iberian Muslims expecifically, and (saddly) used as a racist term sometimes (many times). I used to think it was a pretty racist thing to say, but then I realized the old Iberian Musilms could have ended up being called "Muhammadtians" (seriously, it was a thing).

[@suhridguha2560]

@@silveryuno muslims in various countries call themselves mohammadeans or the followers of Prophet Muhammed doesn't seem all that racist to me although context can differ from region to region.

[@silveryuno]

@@suhridguha2560 Really!! There is always more to learn...

[@jostraklahcen1676]

Moors was a term that refered to Berber muslims who were majority the moorish caliphates were Almoravid and Almohad

[@suchismitachakraborty4164]

Will you do the ottoman empire?

[@micahistory]

Yusuf seems to have either been really unlucky or incompetent

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Or both.

[@micahistory]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT yeah

[@Squirrel_Xi]

What is ur outro music I would love to listen to it

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

It's not a full song. That's how long it is.

[@keshavshah488]

1:25 Is Kāfūr the name of the eunuch or it denotes something else?

[@ssa3101]

What are you trying to insinuate?

[@keshavshah488]

@@ssa3101 just asking, if you know, please answer.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Kafur might've been a given name. It means, "Non-Muslim" as far as I know. A lot of black slaves had this "name". It's also a word that's banned in South Africa (I think) because it's an offensive slang for Africans.

[@kareemtheeb1478]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT Lol no. Abu almisk means the father of musk. The black ikhshidid sultan of egypt had that name too. He is famous as the famed almutanabii said good things about him at first then after kafur refused to appoint him almutanabbi made the most racist poem you can imagine.

[@keshavshah488]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT Thanks

[@مرحبابك-ض1ن]

Why are the images from central asia?!

[@قبل8سنوات-ف5ص]

🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦nice history morocco

[@likkz1326]

how is it moroccan ... he is the son of abd Al-mu'min

[@maghrebi_wa_bidalael]

@@likkz1326 Because both Almohads and Almoravids movements started out with 2 Moroccan scholars; Abd Allah Ibn Yassine and Ibn Toumart; both from Morocco, then both empires continued to rule from inside of Morocco until they were overturned; Marrakech, Aghmat and Tinmel.

[@vattoxonfire1278]

@@likkz1326 MASMOUDIAN FOUNDER ON TINMEL MASSMOUDIAN LAND MASSMOUDIAN GENERALS MASSMOUDIAN AMAZIGH PLACE AL MUMIN SAID HIMSELF ONLY MASSMOUDIAN CAN CALL THEMSELVES ALMOHADES SO YEAh CAPITAL MARAKESH TOOO XD

[@chefar]

@@likkz1326 Abd Al-mumin is moroccan

[@Ashraf7I7]

​@@likkz1326abd al mumin is Moroccan

[@kuroazrem5376]

Where do you get all this infor?

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Various books. My favorite is Muslim Spain and Portugal by Hugh Kennedy. Love that guy.

[@kuroazrem5376]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT I'll look into that book. May I suggest you cover other less known aspects of Islamic history, such as the Ibado imamates of North Africa, or the history of North Africa? By the way, I also do Islamic history videos, but with waaay less visual quality than yours

[@piratex3389]

Please do a vid on Sallahudin Al Ayubi & his history with Hassan Ibn Sabah the apparent heretic leader of an assassin organisation 👍🙏

[@Maia_Cyclist]

7:24 Beja is in Portugal

[@salahddinebensebane8429]

Tarik ibn ziyad conquering all of iberia in 4 years with 19000 This fool having 200000 and not conquering a single city

[@amazigh8776]

Army improve and unify

[@mohamedred5746]

In that time The Iberians were Slaves of The Visigoths (Germán Tribes) when TARIK Arrive most of The Iberians Accept the Muslims Rule Without War...

[@salahddinebensebane8429]

@Nikolas De Moulin ah another islamofobe OK yah your are right looking at your answer l don't even have the time to enter a debate with you good bay

[@salahddinebensebane8429]

@Nikolas De Moulin and remember kid tarik did take 4 years to take all of iberia while some people did take 800 years

[@moroccoisback477]

this was different, Iberians arianist and jews supported Muslims in the conquest

[@supercool1664]

I just want to go back abit Andalusia was ruled by the ummayd dynasty when Abdul-rahman the grandson of abdul malik ibn marwan escaped the Abbasids revolution, he came to Andalusia and ruled there and so did his descendants but how did the ummayds in Andalusia fall?

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Watch older episodes of this series.

[@supercool1664]

Al Muqaddimah ok jazakallah Akhi.🙏

[@suhridguha2560]

but then we wouldn't have ibiza today as the party capital. Empires come and fall. It's is what it is.

[@moroccoisback477]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT You forgot to mention Ibn Bajja during Almoravid era. Also you forgot to talk about Banu hilal moving in Atlantic moroccan flat lands and the big role of zenata tribes in the Almohad army

[@moroccoisback477]

Honestly I prefer the Almoravid, Almohad period especially which is still visible today in the architecture.

[@keshavshah488]

12:44 please elaborate

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Your name suggests you're from India. You should know. ;)

[@suhridguha2560]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT lol dude I have been a fan of your channel for a long time. But there is propaganda on both sides and I thought you were smart enough to know it xD

[@Moroccan_history863]

🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦💖💖💖

[@likkz1326]

how is it moroccan ... he is the son of abd Al-mu'min

[@vattoxonfire1278]

@@likkz1326 FOUNDER IBN TAUMART IN TINMEL CAPITAL MARAKESH MASSMOUDIANS GENERALS MASSMOUDIAN LANGUAGE SO STFU

[@muja04]

​@@likkz1326 says Morocco because the story took place there the capitals were there the warrior tribes (masmuda,zanata) were there, moreover Ibn mumin When I enter tlemcem I exterminate half the population

[@ziyadrgb9584]

​@@likkz1326origin origin like our king he is from hejaz but he is moroccan

[@Noblelell]

🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@SouthRoyal]

Do a episode on india

[@ahmedmuawia2447]

There was a reference to Pakistan military, 10/10.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

I always find Pakistan hiding in great empires. Almohad Propaganda. Abbasid Establishment. Umayyad Corruption.

[@ahmedmuawia2447]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT XD a little bit of Pakistan seems to appear in all empires

[@Brahmdagh]

QQ

[@vattoxonfire1278]

MOROCCAN GREATEST EMPIRE

[@Noblelell]

Algerian

[@vattoxonfire1278]

@@Noblelell lol 🤣🤣

[@salahddinebensebane8429]

At the same time salahe ddine is fighting Richar barbarosa and some dud named Philip

[@Francisco-dr7ri]

Friedrich I "Barbarossa", Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, didn´t fight against Saladin because he died drowned in the Saleph River. May be you are talking about Richard I "Lionheart" King of England.

[@salahddinebensebane8429]

@@Francisco-dr7ri yah but maybe you don't but saladin wasn't able to go agents Richard by all his army because barbarosa was coming so even if he drowned in a river his simple coming saved the cursaders from saladin main army

[@mansurgolden8297]

The Almohads sent some expeditionary force to help Saladin in. Hattin battle

[@karimbatlamous3231]

Almohad in morocco just

[@Noblelell]

Almohads 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@History_Teller1250]

​​​@@NoblelellDude, just because Abd al-Mu'min was born in Tlemcen doesn't make the Almohad Caliphate an Algerian state...🤦‍♂️

[@dawidi49haqqa98]

Muhammed ibn Abdullah Ibn Tarmut le souverain du Maghreb L'imam Al Dhahabi a dit dans son livre intitulé "SiraA'laam Al Nubalaa" "Le Cheikh, l'imam, le juriste, le fondamentaliste, l'ascète, Abou d'Abdullah Muhammad le fils D'Abdullah le fils de Tumurt Al Barbari (le berbere) Al Masudi al hargi le survenant du magreb, il était A'lawy Hasany (l'alaouite ) hussaynite, En vérité il était le mahdi (le bien-guidé) l'imam infaillible" Sa Généalogie : Il était Mohamed fils d'Abdallah fils d'Abdula Rahman fils de Hud fils de Khalid fils de Khalid fils de Tamaam fils d'Adnaan fils de Safwaan fils de Jaabir fils de Yayha fils de Rabbaah fils de Yaasir fils d'Al Abbaas fils de Muhammed fils de Hassan fils d'Imam Ali ibn Abu Taalib" Ibn Khalkan a dit: "Sa tombe est dans la montagne, respectée, il est mort à l'âge mûr (40 à 60 ans) il avait la peau noire, de taille moyenne, au grand frond قال امام الذهبي في كتابه سير أعلام النبلاء الشيخ الإمام, الفقيه الأصولي الزاهد أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله بن تومرت البربري المصمودي الهرغي, الخارج بالمغرب, المدعي أنه علوي حسني, وأنه الإمام المعصوم المهدي, وأنه محمد [ص: 540] بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن بن هود بن خالد بن تمام بن عدنان بن صفوان بن جابر بن يحيى بن رباح بن يسار بن العباسوبنينين … .قال ابن خلكان: قبره بالجبل معظم مات كهلا وكان أسمر ربعة عظيم الهامة

[@Zarrar-Khn]

It was a great era, Muhammad Ghori in the East, Yaqub al-Mansur in the West and Salahuddin Ayyubi in the Middle East were Busy in Jihad. We need such Heroes today.

[@Noblelell]

🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@cannibalwindigo1506]

This Guy is a Cringe .. Guranteeed

[@عقبةبننافعبنالقيسالفهري]

Berber not arab

[@Buurba_Jolof]

Arabo Berbère

[@yasmineelboubsi6038]

@@Buurba_Jolof Nope

[@Ashraf7I7]

​@@Buurba_Jolofno