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Yusuf ibn Tashfin
Yusuf ibn Tashfin was the leader of the Almoravid Empire who died in 1106. He founded Marrakesh as the Almoravid capital, completed the conquest of Morocco and, at the invitation of the taifa kings, intervened in Iberia, defeating Alfonso VI of Castile at Sagrajas in 1086. He later deposed the taifa rulers and brought al-Andalus under direct Almoravid rule.
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