Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Moroccan caliph (born 1160)

Yaqub al-Mansur

Ruler of the Almohad Caliphate from 1184 to 1199

Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn Abd al-Muʾmin al-Manṣūr, commonly known as Yaqub al-Mansur or Moulay Yacoub, was the third Almohad caliph. Succeeding his father, al-Mansur reigned from 1184 to 1199. His reign was distinguished by the flourishing of trade, architecture, philosophy…