State · 1121 – 1269
Almohads
A state of 1121 – 1269 — 148 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It followed Almoravid dynasty. Its line of rulers holds 5 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 148 years
- 1121 – 1269
- Rulers
- 5
- the Almohad caliph
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Almoravid dynasty · follows · 1040 – 1147
Rulers
The line of Almohad caliph.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Yaqub Yusuf | 1163 – 1184 | 21 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Yusuf II, Almohad caliph | 1213 – 1224 | 11 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Abdallah al-Adil | 1224 – 1227 | 3 years | died by accidentWikidata's manner of death | |
| Yahya al-Mu'tasim | 1227 – 1229 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Idris II | 1266 – 1269 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1163 – 1269. Median reign 3 years. 0 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood148 years
stood longer than 55% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median3 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 9% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record5
has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Theories that apply to its ending
Of 3 theories of why states fall, 1 has every condition present at this ending; each is applied by its own logic, condition by condition, and whether its authors named this case is a footnote.
Dynastic cycle and the decay of group feeling
Ibn Khaldun 1377 · Turchin & Nefedov 2009
Applies by its own logic: the condition it names held here, and this is the kind of outcome it predicts — adverse regime change or the state's ending.
- the state 90 to 160 years old — ageBand 148
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1106 – 1284, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1195, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q10406562 (CC0) · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.