Draft:Massacre of Tlemcen (1145)
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| Massacre of Tlemcen (1145) | |
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| Location | Tlemcen, Algeria |
| Date | 1145 AD |
| Target | Tlemcen population |
| Deaths | 100,000 killed |
| Perpetrators | Masmouda Almohades and Abd al-Mu'min |
History
[edit]In 1145, following their conquest of Tlemcen, the Almohad forces led by Abd al-Mu'min, the successor to the Almohad founder Ibn Tumart, committed a massacre against the city's inhabitants, Modern historians have described these events as a violent massacre and noted the extensive destruction of the city.[1][2][3]
Upon capturing Tlemcen, Abd al-Mu'min's forces ruthlessly targeted the city's residents. Many contemporary historians like ibn Athir and ibn Idhari al-Marrakushi describe how the Almohads executed many of the city's inhabitants, Reports said that 100,000 men were killed, and many women and children were taken captives.[4][5]
The brutality in Tlemcen is noted by chroniclers like Ibn Khaldun, who writing over two centuries later, details the severity of the Almohad campaign against the city's population. Ibn Khaldun mentions that Abd al-Mu'min spared the Almoravid troops stationed in Tlemcen, incorporating them into the Almohad army [6][7]
After the destruction of Tlemcen, Abd al-Mu'min continued his campaigns further into the Maghreb and al-Andalus, marking a period of rapid expansion for the Almohad Empire.
References
[edit]- ^ Kathryn 2017, p. 150.
- ^ Piesse 1879, p. 221.
- ^ Filali 2002, p. 97.
- ^ Ibn al-Athīr, p. 542.
- ^ ibn Idhari al-Marrakushi, p. 21-22.
- ^ Ibn Khaldoun, p. 331.
- ^ Ibn Khaldoun, p. 337.
Biblography
[edit]- Hain, Kathryn (2017). Concubines and Courtesans. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190622183.
- Piesse, Louis (1879). Itinéraire de l'Algérie (in French). Hachete.
- Filali, Abdelaziz (2002). Tlemcen at the Zianid reign (in Arabic). موفم للنشر،. ISBN 978-9961-62-247-6.
- Ibn al-Athīr, Izz al-Dīn (1898). Annales du Maghreb & de l'Espagne (in French). A. Jourdan.
- ibn Idhari al-Marrakushi, Abu al-Abbas Ahmad (1312). Kitāb al-bayān al-mughrib fī akhbār al-Andalus wa-al-Maghrib (in Arabic).
- Ibn Khaldoun, Abdulrahman (1856). Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique Septentrionale (in French). Impr. du Gouvernement.
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