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Abd al-Mu'min
Abd al-Mu'min was the first caliph of the Almohad Caliphate, proclaimed caliph c. 1133 as successor to the movement's founder Ibn Tumart. He led the conquest of Almoravid Morocco, including Marrakesh, and extended Almohad rule across the Maghreb and into al-Andalus. He also built the administrative and military institutions that turned a religious movement into a dynastic empire.
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