Abdallah Ibn Yasin (d. 1059) was a theologian and founder of the Almoravids. Events Anselm of Canterbury settles at the Benedictine monastery of Le Bec in Normandy. ... Almoravides (From Arabic المرابطون sing. ...

Abdallah ibn Yasin was from Gazula, and a member of the Sanhaja tribal group. He was a Maliki lawyer, and in 1046 was invited by the Judala ruler Yahya ibn Ibrahim to promulgate his teachings amongst the Berber of the western Sahara. The Sanhaja were at this stage only superficially Islamicised and still clung to many heathen practices, and so Ibn Yasin preached to them a puritanical orthodox Sunnism. The Sanhaja were one of the largest Berber tribal confederations of the Maghreb, along with the Zanata and Masmuda History The tribes of the Sanhaja settled at first in the northern Sahara. ... Maliki is one of the four schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. ... Events First contact between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuks Martyrdom of Gerard Sagredo in Budapest Births Matilda of Tuscany (d. ... The Berbers (also called Imazighen, free men, singular Amazigh) are an ethnic group indigenous to Northwest Africa, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. ... The Sanhaja were one of the largest Berber tribal confederations of the Maghreb, along with the Zanata and Masmuda History The tribes of the Sanhaja settled at first in the northern Sahara. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ...

After a revolt of the Judala he was forced to withdraw to the south with his followers, where he founded a monastery on the Senegal River. In alliance with Yahya ibn Umar, the leader of the Lamtuna tribe, he manage to quell the rebellion. The Senegal River, in West Africa, forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania. ...

Ibn Yasin now formed the Almoravid alliance from the tribes of the Lamtuna, the Masufa and the Judala, with himself as spiritual leader and Yahya ibn Umar taking the military command. In 1054 the Magrawa-ruled Sijilmasa was conquered. Ibn Yasa introduced his puritanical rule - amongst other things wine and music were forbidden, non-islamic taxes were abolished and one fifth of the spoils of war were allocated to the religious experts. This rigorous application of Islam soon provoked a revolt in 1055. Almoravides (From Arabic المرابطون sing. ... Events Cardinal Humbertus, a representative of Pope Leo IX, and Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople, decree each others excommunication. ... Sijilmasa (or Sijilmassa) was a mediaeval trade centre in the western Maghreb Sijilmasa was an oasis town south west of Fez on the northern edge of the Sahara, overlooking the Ziz River. ... Events January 11 - Theodora becomes Reigning Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. ...

Yahya ibn Umar was killed in 1056 in a renewed revolt of the Judala in the Sahara, upon which Ibn Yasin appointed Yahyas brother Abu Bakr ibn Umar (1056-1087) the new military leader. Abu Bakr destroyed Sijilmasa, but was not able to force the Judala back into the Almoravid league. Events Anselm of Canterbury leaves Italy. ... Events Anselm of Canterbury leaves Italy. ... Events May 9 - The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari. ...

Ibn Yasin died while attempted to subjugate the heretical Bargawata on the Atlantic coast in 1059. His grave is in Casablanca. The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... Events Anselm of Canterbury settles at the Benedictine monastery of Le Bec in Normandy. ... Hassan II Mosque A view on the boulevard de Paris in central Casablanca Parc de la Ligue Arabe Casablanca (Arabic: الدار البيضاء, transliterated ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ) is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. ...