At the ripe old age of twenty-one, a ruler of this dynasty was gored to death while playing with his pet cows.
At the ripe old age of twenty-one, a ruler of this dynasty was gored to death while playing with his pet cows. The early history of this dynasty was chronicled by the diminutive Mohammad al-Baydhaq. In a conscious parallel to the life of Muhammad, the founder of this dynasty undertook a spiritual retreat to the Cave of Igiliz. This dynasty arose out of a puritanical movement within the Masmuda confederacy, led by ibn (*) Tumart. The Marinids conquered the core territory of this dynasty, whose caliph Muhammad al-Nasir lost a decisive battle to a coalition of Navarrese, Castilian, Portuguese, and Aragonese kings at Las Navas de Tolosa. For 10 points, name this twelfth and thirteenth century caliphate that supplanted the Almoravids in Spain and Morocco.
At the ripe old age of twenty-one, a ruler of this dynasty was gored to death while playing with his pet cows.
Almohads