Tinmel

30°59′05″N 8°13′43″W / 30.98472°N 8.22861°W / 30.98472; -8.22861

Tinmel / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⵍ / تينمل
Tin Mal / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⴰⵍ
Tinmel / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⵍ / تينمل is located in Morocco
Tinmel / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⵍ / تينمل
Tinmel / ⵜⵉⵏ ⵎⵍ / تينمل
Location in Morocco
Coordinates: 30°59′05″N 8°13′43″W / 30.98472°N 8.22861°W / 30.98472; -8.22861
Country Morocco
RegionMarrakesh-Safi
ProvinceAl Haouz
Time zoneUTC+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]

  1. ^ Hoffmann, Eleanor (1965). Realm of the Evening Star: A History of Morocco and the Lands of the Moors. Chilton Books.
  2. ^ Julien, Charles-André (1970). History of North Africa: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco: From the Arab Conquest to 1830. Vol. 2. Praeger.

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