They fought to a standstill with the forces of Alfonso VI and their ascent spelled doom for Ghana, as they took Kumbi Saleh after a 10-year siege.
Their historic precursors were the Marabouts [mar-eh-boots] and they conquered and incorporated the Berghouata peoples into their ranks. They fought to a standstill with the forces of Alfonso VI and their ascent spelled doom for Ghana, as they took Kumbi Saleh after a 10-year siege. Although a loss at the Battle of Ourique began to mark their decline, some fragments of their empire, such as the Banu Ghanya, continued to fight, even after Marrakech, the city founded by their general Yusub ibn Tashufin, fell to their similarly-named successors. FTP, name this Berber empire that controlled nearly all of Muslim Spain at its height, but was finally replaced by the Almohads.
Their historic precursors were the Marabouts [mar-eh-boots] and they conquered and incorporated the Berghouata peoples into their ranks.
Almoravids