Second Almohad invasion of al-Andalus

1151

Abd al-Mumin crossed to Spain in person at the head of a large Berber army, consolidating Almohad power in the southern peninsula. He suppressed local Muslim lords who had tried to carve out independent taifas, and ruled from Seville for two years before returning to Morocco. His presence enforced a unity that the Almohad governors alone could not maintain, binding al-Andalus to the Maghreb under a single caliphal authority.