The Almoravids, also known as the Murabit, were a Berber people originating in the western Sahara. From 1053 they expanded, absorbing their neighbours and building an empire which encompassed the modern states of Morocco and Western Sahara as well are parts of modern Mauritania, Senegal and Algeria. Under their most famous leader, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, they built a formidable Islamic empire, and when the Castilians captured Toledo in 1085 the Moors of al Andalus turned to him for help in preventing their possible destruction at the hands of the Christian kingdom. Yusuf duly landed in Spain and defeated the Christians, but soon conquered most of the Moorish kingdoms to add southern Spain and Portugal to the empire. After Yusuf’s death in 1106 the empire declined under pressure from the Spanish Christian kingdoms and the newly powerful Almohads, and when Marrakesh fell in 1147 the empire was effectively at an end.
96 1/72nd soft plastic figures.
The item is in Excellent condition. There is some shelf wear of the box, including some dishing from storage. As always, photos are of the item that you will receive.