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Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr
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Also Known As Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin al-Manṣūr
Born c.1160
Died January 23, 1199 • Marrakech • Morocco
House / Dynasty Muʿminid dynasty
Role In Battle of Alarcos
ʿAlī: Arabic calligraphy
ʿAlī
Muslim caliph
Qutaybah ibn Muslim
Arab general
Ibn al-Ashʿath
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Mosque of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
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Homs: mosque of Khālid ibn al-Walīd
Khālid ibn al-Walīd
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Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād
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al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufrā
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head of state of Nigeria
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Frederick Middleton
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Heydar Aliyev
president of Azerbaijan
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
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James Fannin
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William B. Travis
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