Youssef Bnou Tachafine

Collection title

Forgotten pages

ID

2MT00098

Source

SOREAD-2M (MA)

First broadcast date

12/22/2008

Production year

2008

Abstract

Youssef Bnou Tachfine was the first king of the Berber dynasty of the Almoravids, who ruled over a part of Senegal and North Africa, and much of Spain and Portugal until 1147. In 1062, he built his capital, Marrakech. It was from this city that he conducted his campaigns, particularly in Spain. In 1086, at the request of al-Mu'tamid, Youssef, then Sultan of the Almoravid dynasty, came to Spain to help fight Alfonso VI who invaded Saragossa. He defeated Alfonso VI on 2nd November 1086 in Sagrajas (az-Zallaqa), before turning against al-Mu'tamid. He took over Seville, Granada, Almeria, Badajoz, and finally deposed al-Mu'tamid in 1091, sending him into exile in Morocco, where he died four years later in Aghmat.

Type

video

Production companies

• 2M - Own production

Broadcaster

2M - 2M

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• Bnou Tachfine Youssef

Primary theme

Arab and muslim worlds

Secondary themes

• Historical heritages

Credits / Cast

• Zaid Mohamed - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1000 to 1500

Map locations

• Morocco - Inland - Marrakech
• Spain - South - Seville

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

53m46