Yahya Ibn Ibrahim

Yahya Ibn Ibrahim (Arabic: يحيى بن إبراهيم الجدالي) (c. 1048)[1] was a leader of the Godala tribe in the Adrar plateau modern day Mauritania. Yahya Ibn Ibrahim's primary significance was in his involvement with Abdallah ibn Yasin, a Berber Muslim theologian with whom he founded the Almoravid movement. Yahya Ibn Ibrahim is the first Almoravid emir.[2][3][4] His successor Yahya ibn Umar was his nephew.[5]

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  2. ^ Fodor's North Africa. D. McKay. 1985. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-679-01140-8.
  3. ^ Romey, Charles (1839). Historia de España: desde el tiempo primitivo hasta el presente (in Spanish). A. Bergnes. p. 486.
  4. ^ Ben-Ami, Shlomo; Mishal, Nissim (2000). Those Were the Generations--: 2000 [years Of] Jewish History. Yedioth Ahronoth. p. 128. ISBN 978-965-448-745-0.
  5. ^ Romey, Charles (1841). Histoire d'Espagne depuis les premiers temps jusqu'à nos jours (in French). Furne et cie. p. 389.