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Ibn Maymun

12th century · 12th century

Ibn Maymun was the leading figure of a family of admirals who had commanded the Almoravid fleet at Almería, the chief port and naval base of al-Andalus. When Almería rose against the Almoravids in 1145 he became one of its local rulers, during a brief independence ended when Castilian, Aragonese and Genoese forces captured the city in 1147.

Ibn Maymun
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Second Taifa of Almería

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