Abdallah al-Adil

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Abdallah al-Adil ( Arabic أبو محمد عبد الله العادل بن يوسف, DMG Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿĀdil b. Yūsuf ) was the seventh Almohad caliph (1224–1227).

After the death of Yusuf II al-Mustansir (1213-1224) power struggles broke out among the tribal leaders of the Almohads . Abd al-Wahid I al-Muchlu, a son of Abu Yaqub Yusuf I , was deposed as successor to Yusuf II after just a few months.

The new caliph was Abdallah al-Adil, a son of Yaʿqūb al-Mansūr . The decline of the empire continued. In addition to the uprisings and revolts of the Arab Bedouins , the Almohads were further weakened by internal power struggles. In 1227, al-Adil's brother Idris I al-Mamun (governor of Seville ) revolted in Andalusia , landed in Morocco with 12,000 mercenaries , overthrew Abdallah al-Adil and, with his troops, was able to stand up against the other heir to the throne as the eighth caliph (1227-1232 ) push through.

literature

  • Ulrich Haarmann : History of the Arab World. Edited by Heinz Halm. 4th revised and expanded edition. CH Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47486-1 , ( Beck's historical library ).
  • Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis Verlag, Zurich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Abdallah al-Adil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abu Muhammad Abdallah al-Adil ibn Yusuf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION seventh caliph of the Almohads
DATE OF BIRTH before 1200
DATE OF DEATH after 1227