Until 11th century
Lamṭūna territory, southern Sahara
Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar was chief of the Lamṭūna and a central political ally of ʿAbdallāh ibn Yāsīn during the consolidation of the Almoravid movement. Their alliance made the Lamṭūna its core and placed Yaḥyā at the head of its military forces. In 1056, the rebellious Juddāla attacked him at Jabal Lamṭūna, identified as Adrar, and killed him with many of his warriors.
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The Story
Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar was chief of the Lamṭūna when the Almoravid movement reorganized after the Juddāla revolt. Ibn Yāsīn’s alliance with him gave the movement a new political foundation. The Lamṭūna, previously defeated by the Juddāla under Yaḥyā ibn Ibrāhīm and Ibn Yāsīn, became the movement’s principal tribal base.
The alliance joined religious inspiration to the military capacity of the Lamṭūna. When the Almoravids came out of their retreat in 434 A.H. (1042/3), Ibn Yāsīn’s Lamṭūna followers were under Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar’s command. The movement then sought to incorporate the Juddāla, Massūfa, and smaller Sanhāja tribes of the southern Sahara by persuasion or force.
In 448 A.H. (1056), while the main Almoravid force was engaged in operations at Sijilmāsa and Awdāghust, the Juddāla rebelled. They attacked Yaḥyā, who was entrenched in Jabal Lamṭūna, identified in the passage with Adrar, and killed him together with many of his warriors. The account states that the Almoravids made no further attempts against the Juddāla after this defeat.
Until 11th century
Lamṭūna territory, southern Sahara
Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar was chief of the Lamṭūna and a central political ally of ʿAbdallāh ibn Yāsīn during the consolidation of the Almoravid movement. Their alliance made the Lamṭūna its core and placed Yaḥyā at the head of its military forces. In 1056, the rebellious Juddāla attacked him at Jabal Lamṭūna, identified as Adrar, and killed him with many of his warriors.
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The Story
Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar was chief of the Lamṭūna when the Almoravid movement reorganized after the Juddāla revolt. Ibn Yāsīn’s alliance with him gave the movement a new political foundation. The Lamṭūna, previously defeated by the Juddāla under Yaḥyā ibn Ibrāhīm and Ibn Yāsīn, became the movement’s principal tribal base.
The alliance joined religious inspiration to the military capacity of the Lamṭūna. When the Almoravids came out of their retreat in 434 A.H. (1042/3), Ibn Yāsīn’s Lamṭūna followers were under Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar’s command. The movement then sought to incorporate the Juddāla, Massūfa, and smaller Sanhāja tribes of the southern Sahara by persuasion or force.
In 448 A.H. (1056), while the main Almoravid force was engaged in operations at Sijilmāsa and Awdāghust, the Juddāla rebelled. They attacked Yaḥyā, who was entrenched in Jabal Lamṭūna, identified in the passage with Adrar, and killed him together with many of his warriors. The account states that the Almoravids made no further attempts against the Juddāla after this defeat.
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