Almohad expedition to Dukkala explained

Conflict:Almohad Expedition to Dukkala
Date:1149-1150
Place:Doukkala-Abda, Morocco
Result:Almohad victory
Combatant1: Almohad Caliphate
Combatant2:Dukkala tribesmen
Commander1:Abd al-Mu'min
Commander2:Unknown
Strength1:Unknown
Strength2:220,000 men
Casualties1:Unknown
Casualties2:Heavy losses

The Almohad expedition to Dukkala was led by Abd al-Mu'min against tribesmen of Dukkala.[1] [2] [3]

The Almohad under Abd al-Mu'min conquered Marrakech in 1147 CE. Subsequently, an Almoravid warlord, Ibn Hûd al-Mâssî,[4] established himself amongst the tribesmen of Dukkala. Soon his authority was recognized throughout the Atlantic plain of Morocco, the Middle Atlas range and even into the High Atlas.[5]

Initially Abd al-Mu'min had ignored the tribesmen raiding the districts of Marrakesh. However, when the raiding increased under al-Mâssî, al-Mu'min led an army against the rebel tribesmen.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=1OBrfkNhsy0C&pg=PA226 The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. Part 3
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=F3QzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA151 Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History
  3. Book: Fauvel, Jean-Jacques . 1978 . Le Guide bleu du Maroc . Paris . Hachette Tourisme . fr . 302 .
  4. Book: Pascal, Buresi . 2017 . The story of the Almohads in the Kingdom of Fez and of Morocco . Paéz . Jerónimo . Fez: The Soul of Morocco – 1200 Years of History [Fès: l'Ame du Maroc – 1200 ans d'histoire] . Grenade . Fondation Benjelloun-Mezian . 105–146, page 105 .
  5. Book: Buresi, Pascal . 2019 . A case study of pre-modern Islamic Monarchy: the Almohad caliphate of the Maghreb and al-Andalus in the 12th–13th centuries . Woodacre . Elena . The Routledge History of Monarchy . London . Routledge . 242 . 978-1-138-70332-2.
  6. Book: Bennison, Amira K. . 2016 . Almoravid and Almohad Empires . Edinburgh . Edinburgh University Press . 73 . 978-0-7486-4682-1 .