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Allen J. Fromherz specializes in Middle East history and teaches at Georgia State University.
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THE ALMOHADS The Rise of an Islamic Empire
ALLEN J. FROMHERZ
Published in 2010 by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com Distributed in the United States and Canada Exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Copyright © 2010 Allen J. Fromherz The right of Allen J. Fromherz to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Library of Middle East History: 18 ISBN: 978 1 84511 651 4 A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress catalog card: available Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, Wiltshire from camera-ready copy edited and supplied by Oxford Publishing Services, Oxford
Contents Maps, Figures and Tables Acknowledgements and Preface
vii ix
Introduction The Almohads: A General Overview On Founding Myths The Almohads and Ibn Khaldūn
1 1 7 15
1. The Life of Ibn Tūmart and the Birth of the Almohad Movement Ibn Tūmart’s Name: The Myths