30°59′05″N 8°13′43″W / 30.98472°N 8.22861°W
Tinmel / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⵍ / تينمل
Tin Mal / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⴰⵍ | |
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  Tinmel / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⵍ / تينمل Location in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 30°59′05″N 8°13′43″W / 30.98472°N 8.22861°W | |
| Country |  Morocco |
| Region | Marrakesh-Safi |
| Province | Al Haouz |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WET) |
Tinmel (Berber: Tin Mel or Tin Mal, Arabic: تينمل) is a small mountain village in the High Atlas 100 km from Marrakesh, Morocco. Tinmel was the cradle of the Berber Almohad empire,[1] from where the Almohads started their military campaigns against the Almoravids in the early 12th century.[2]
- ^ Hoffmann, Eleanor (1965). Realm of the Evening Star: A History of Morocco and the Lands of the Moors. Chilton Books.
- ^ Julien, Charles-André (1970). History of North Africa: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco: From the Arab Conquest to 1830. Vol. 2. Praeger.