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Abu Yaqub Yusuf | |||||
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Amir al-Mu'minin; prev. amir al-muslimin (1163-1168) Caliph | |||||
![]() Coin minted during the reign of Abu Yaqub Yusuf | |||||
Ruler of the Almohad Caliphate | |||||
Reign | 1163–1184 | ||||
Predecessor | Abd al-Mu'min ibn Ali | ||||
Successor | Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur | ||||
Born | 1135 Tinmel | ||||
Died | 1184 (aged 48–49) near Évora | ||||
Burial | |||||
Issue | Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur Zaynab bent Youssef | ||||
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Dynasty | Almohad | ||||
Father | Abd al-Mu'min ibn Ali | ||||
Mother | Safiyya bint Abi Imran | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Abu Ya‘qub Yusuf or Yusuf I (Arabic: أبو يعقوب يوسف Abū Ya‘qūb Yūsuf; 1135 – 14 October 1184)[1] was the second Almohad Amir or caliph. He reigned from 1163 until 1184 in Marrakesh. He was responsible for the construction of the Giralda in Seville, which was part of a new grand mosque.[2] He was a keen student of philosophy and patron of Averroes.[3]
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