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Yahya ibn Ali ibn Ghaniya
Yahya ibn Ali ibn Ghaniya was an Almoravid governor and commander in al-Andalus during the empire's collapse in the 1140s. As local rulers set up the second taifa kingdoms, he fought to hold or retake cities such as Córdoba against rebels and Christian kings. He died in 1148 at Granada, while his brother Muhammad founded the Banu Ghaniya line in the Balearic Islands.
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