Establishment and expansion of the Almohad Caliphate
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Were the conquests of Abd al-Mu'min, founder of the Moroccan Almohad Caliphate.
Chronology
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January 1146: Expansion of the Almohad Caliphate before 1145.
January 1146: The Almohads pursue the Almoravid Tachfin Ben Ali to Oran where he is killed. Oran, Tlemcen, Oujda and Meknes then fell, as did Fez, whose Almoravid garrison was massacred. Salé and Ceuta submit.
January 1146: In 1145, the Taifa of Granada was annexed by the Almohad Caliphate, a Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled over North Africa and Southern Spain.
January 1148: Expansion of the Almohad Caliphate before 1147.
January 1151: The Taifa of Badajoz fell again to the Almohads.
January 1151: The Taifa of Constantina and Hornachuelos was conquered by the Almohads.
January 1151: Taifa of Niebla fell to the Almohad caliphate.
January 1151: Taifa of Silves conquered by the Almohads.
January 1151: Taifa of Tejada conquered by the Almohad Caliphate.
January 1152: Taifa of Mértola conquered by the Almohads.
January 1153: Expansion of the Almohad Caliphate before 1152.
January 1153: In 1152 the last Zirids in Algeria were superseded by the Almohad Caliphate.
January 1158: Expansion of the Almohad Caliphate before 1160.
January 1153: Under Abd al-Mumin, the Almohads conquered the Hammadid central Maghreb.
January 1146: The Taifa of Jerez was conquered by the Almohad Caliphate.
January 1152: Expansion of the Almohad Caliphate before 1152.
January 1151: The Taifa of Beja and Évora is acquired by the Almohad Caliphate.
January 1151: The Taifa of Tavira is absorbed by the Almohads.
January 1154: Fall of the Taifa of Malaga by the hands of the Almohads.
January 1146: Taifa of Arcos conquered by the Almohad Caliphate.
January 1146: The Taifa of Jaén fell to the Almohads.
Was the invasion of Norman Africa by the Almohads, which put an end to the presence of the Normans in the region.
January 1159: In 1158, the Almohad Caliphate conquered all of Norman Africa except for Mahdia.
August 1159: Mahdia was under Almohad siege from late in the summer of 1159.
February 1160: In January 1160 the last Sicilian stronghold in Africa, Mahdia, was breached by the Almohads and ʿAbd al-Muʾmin gave its remaining Christians and Jews the option of Islam or death.
Selected Sources
Duby, G. (1991): L'Atlas Historique Mondial, Larousse, p. 259
