Almohads defeat the last Almoravids at Oran

1145

Abd al-Mu'min's Almohad army crushed the last significant Almoravid field force in a pitched battle near the port city of Oran, breaking Almoravid military power in the central Maghreb for good. The decisive victory opened the road west to the great cities of Marrakesh and Fez, and within two years the entire Almoravid empire - stretching from the Senegal River to the Ebro - would pass to Almohad control.