Ibrahim ibn Tashfin ( ar, إبراهيم بن تاشفين) (died 1147) was the seventh

Almoravid The Almoravid dynasty ( ar, المرابطون, translit=Al-Murābiṭūn, lit=those from the ribats) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire in the 11th century tha ...

Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ...

, who reigned shortly in 1146–1147. Once the news of the death of his father

Tashfin ibn Ali Tashfin ibn Ali (died 23 March 1145, or 25 March 1145 CE; Arabic : تاشفين بن علي ) was the 6th Almoravid Emir, he reigned in 1143–1145. Biography Tashfin ibn Ali was appointed Governor of Granada and Almería in 1129, as well ...

reached

Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

, he was proclaimed king while still an infant. He was soon replaced by his uncle Ishaq ibn Ali, but the

Almohads The Almohad Caliphate (; ar, خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or or from ar, ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ, translit=al-Muwaḥḥidūn, lit=those who profess the unity of God) was a North African Berber Muslim empire ...

quickly subdued Marrakech and killed both.

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1147 deaths Almoravid emirs People from Marrakesh Year of birth unknown 12th-century Berber people {{Islam-bio-stub 12th-century Moroccan people