Ibn Tumart

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Ibn Tumart was a 12th-century Berber religious reformer and Mahdi claimant who led an Islamic revivalist movement in North Africa that gave rise to the Almohad Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ibn Tumart canonical 18
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Tumart 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theologian ⓘ
Mahdi claimant ⓘ
founder of a religious movement ⓘ
human ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
baseOfOperations Tinmal ⓘ
birthCountry present-day Morocco ⓘ
birthDate c. 1080 ⓘ
birthPlace Igiliz ⓘ
birthRegion High Atlas ⓘ
claimedRole Mahdi ⓘ
linked to: al-Mahdi
deathCountry present-day Morocco ⓘ
deathDate c. 1130 ⓘ
deathPlace Tinmal ⓘ
deathRegion High Atlas ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
education studied in the eastern Islamic lands ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicity Berber ⓘ
linked to: Berbers
founderOf Almohad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty

Almohad movement ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty
fullName Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Tumart ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Tumart
historicalImpact laid ideological foundations of the Almohad Empire ⓘ
transformed religious and political landscape of the Maghreb ⓘ
influenced Abd al-Muʾmin ⓘ
linked to: Abd al-Mu’min
inspired Almohad Empire ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty
knownFor challenging the Almoravid dynasty ⓘ
doctrine of strict monotheism (tawhid) ⓘ
leading an Islamic revivalist movement in North Africa ⓘ
moral and social reform ⓘ
opposition to anthropomorphism in theology ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Berber ⓘ
linked to: Berbers
movement Almohad movement ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty
name Ibn Tumart ⓘ
opposedDoctrine anthropomorphic interpretations of God ⓘ
preachedAgainst Almoravid dynasty ⓘ
doctrinal laxity ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
promotedDoctrine tawhid (absolute unity of God) ⓘ
regionOfActivity Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa

North Africa ⓘ
al-Andalus (indirectly through his movement) ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
successor Abd al-Muʾmin ⓘ
linked to: Abd al-Mu’min
theologicalOrientation Ashʿari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
title al-Mahdi ⓘ
tribalAffiliation Masmuda ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Almohad dynasty → foundedBy → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Ibn Tumart → name → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Ibn Tumart → fullName → Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Tumart ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Tumart
Abd al-Mu’min → predecessor → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Abd al-Mu’min → mentor → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Masmuda → alliedWith → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Igiliz → associatedWith → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Igiliz → birthplaceOf → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Igiliz → founderAssociated → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
al-Mahdi → usedBy → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
al-Mahdi → adoptedBy → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
al-Mahdi → associatedWith → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
al-Mahdi → titleHolder → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Tinmal → foundedAsBaseBy → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Tinmal → founder → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Tinmel → foundedAsBaseBy → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Nfis Valley → associatedWithRuler → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
Tinmal Mosque → associatedWithPerson → Ibn Tumart ⓘ
subject linked to: Nfis Valley