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Name: Conquests of Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Type: Event

Start: 1076 AD

End: 1104 AD

Parent: Reconquista

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Expansion during the rule of Yusuf ibn Tashfin in the Almoravid Caliphate.

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  • January 1077: In 1076, the Almoravid Caliphate occupied the Ghana Empire.
  • January 1091: Taifa of Grenada conquered by the Almoravids in 1090.
  • January 1091: In 1090, the Taifa of Málaga was conquered by the Islamic Almoravid dynasty.
  • January 1092: The Almoravids, a Berber dynasty from North Africa, took Niebla in 1091.
  • January 1092: Death of the last king of Seville Al-Mu'tamid and defeat of Seville by Almoravid troops.
  • January 1093: Taifa of Murviedro and Sagunto conquered by the almoravids.
  • January 1101: With the turn of the century, the Taifa of Tortosa became dependent on the Almoravids .
  • January 1102: The Taifa of Arcos fell to the Almoravids.
  • June 1102: In 1102, Alfonso VI of León and Castile sent troops to help Valencia against the Almoravid threat. The battle took place in Cullera and ended without a clear winner, although Valencia fell in Almoravid hands because for Alfonso, it was too expensive to defend this city.
  • January 1103: Valencia was taken over by the Almoravid Caliphate.
  • January 1081: Almoravid Yusuf ibn Tashfin brought the large area of what is now known as Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania into complete subjection.
  • January 1085: The Taifa of Ceuta was conquered by the Almoravid Empire.
  • December 1094: The Christians lost Lisbon, Sintra and Santarém when Raymond of Burgundy, responsible for defending these cities, was defeated by the Almoravid army that had taken Badajoz shortly before.
  • January 1092: The Taifa of Lorca falls to the Almoravids.
  • December 1094: The Taifa of Badajoz fell to the Almoravids.
  • January 1076: The Taifa of Segorbe falls to the Almoravids.
  • January 1092: The Taifa of Almería was annexed to the Almoravid empire.
  • May 1104: The Taifa of Albarracín disappeared in April 1104 with its conquest by the Almoravids.

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