almohades
məˌhæd noun
a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa during the 12th and 13th centuries.
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Almohade or Almohad (ˈælməˌheɪd, -ˌheɪdiː, ˈælməˌhæd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -hades, -hads | |
| a member of a group of puritanical Muslims, originally Berbers, who arose in S Morocco in the 12th century as a reaction against the corrupt Almoravides and who ruled Spain and all Maghrib from about 1147 to after 1213 | |
| [from Arabic al-muwahhid] | |
| Almohad or Almohad | |
| —n | |
| [from Arabic al-muwahhid] | |
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Almohades
12c. Muslim religious power that ruled Spain and North Africa, founded by Mohammed ibn Abdullah, the name is lit. "the Unitarians," short for Arabic al-muwahhidun "they who profess the unity (of God)," so called for their absolutist monotheism.
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