Almohad expedition to Dukkala

Almohad Expedition to Dukkala
Date 1149–1150 Location Doukkala-Abda, present-day Morocco Result Almohad victory
Belligerents
Almohad Caliphate	Dukkala tribesmen
Commanders and leaders
Abd al-Mu'min	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	220,000 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy losses

The Almohad expedition to Dukkala was led by Abd al-Mu'min against tribesmen of Dukkala. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The Almohad under Abd al-Mu'min conquered Marrakech in 1147 CE. Subsequently, an Almoravid warlord, Ibn Hûd al-Mâssî, ^[4] established himself amongst the tribesmen of Dukkala. Soon his authority was recognized throughout the Atlantic plain of Morocco, the Middle Atlas range and even into the High Atlas. ^[5]

Initially Abd al-Mu'min had ignored the tribesmen raiding the districts of Marrakesh. ^{[1] [2]} However, when the raiding increased under al-Mâssî, al-Mu'min led an army against the rebel tribesmen. ^[6]

References

1. The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh. Part 3 D. S. Richards Ashgate Publishing, Ltd
2. Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History edited by Matthew Gordon, Kathryn A. Hain Oxford University Press
3. Fauvel, Jean-Jacques (1978). Le Guide bleu du Maroc (in French). Paris: Hachette Tourisme. p. 302.
4. Pascal, Buresi (2017). "The story of the Almohads in the Kingdom of Fez and of Morocco". In Paéz, Jerónimo (ed.). Fez: The Soul of Morocco – 1200 Years of History [Fès: l'Ame du Maroc – 1200 ans d'histoire]. Grenade: Fondation Benjelloun-Mezian. pp. 105–146, page 105.
5. Buresi, Pascal (2019). "A case study of pre-modern Islamic Monarchy: the Almohad caliphate of the Maghreb and al-Andalus in the 12th–13th centuries". In Woodacre, Elena (ed.). The Routledge History of Monarchy. London: Routledge. p. 242. ISBN   978-1-138-70332-2.
6. Bennison, Amira K. (2016). Almoravid and Almohad Empires. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 73. ISBN   978-0-7486-4682-1.