Ibn Tumart

al-Imam al-Mahdi
Muhamed Ibn Tumart
al-Imam al-Mahdi Muhamed Ibn Tumart
	An 1183 manuscript of Aʿazzu Mā Yuṭlab, a book of the teachings of Ibn Tumart
Title	Imam al-Umma; إمام الأمة
Personal
Born	1080; Igiliz, Sous, Almoravid Empire
Died	c. 1128–1130; Tinmel, High Atlas
Resting place	Tinmel Mosque
Religion	Islam
Parents	Tumart ibn Nitawas or ibn Titawin (father); Umm al-Husayn bint Waburkan al-Masakkali (mother);
Region	Maghreb Al Andalus
Jurisprudence	Zahiri
Creed	Ash'ari; Mu'tazilite
Movement	Almohad
Tariqa	Malamatiyya
Muslim leader
Disciple of	At-Turtushi
	Influenced by Ibn Hazm, at-Turtushi, al-Ghazali, Al-Kiya al-Harrasi;
	Influenced Hafsids;

Abu Abd Allah Amghar Ibn Tumart (Berber: Amghar ibn Tumert, Arabic: أبو عبد الله امغار ابن تومرت, ca. 1080–1130 or 1128) was a Muslim Berber religious scholar, teacher and political leader, from the Sous in southern present-day Morocco. He founded and served as the spiritual and first military leader of the Almohad movement, a puritanical reform movement launched among the Masmuda Berbers of the Atlas Mountains. Ibn Tumart launched an open revolt against the ruling Almoravids during the 1120s. After his death his followers, the Almohads, went on to conquer much of North Africa and part of Spain. Although the Almohad movement itself was founded by Ibn Tumart, his disciple Abd al-Mu'min was the founder of the ruling dynasty and creator of the Almohad empire.

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