Yaqub al-Mansur
| Yaqub Al-Mansur | |||||
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| Amir al-Mu'minin | |||||
Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr's unfinished mosque in Rabat | |||||
| Ruler of the Almohad Caliphate | |||||
| Reign | 1184–1199 | ||||
| Predecessor | Abu Yaqub Yusuf | ||||
| Successor | Muhammad al-Nasir | ||||
| Died | 23 January 1199 (aged 38–39) Marrakesh | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | Ammet Allah bint Abu Isaac Safiya bint Abu Abdallah ben Merdnych | ||||
| Issue | Muhammad al-Nasir Idris al-Ma'mun | ||||
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| Dynasty | Almohad | ||||
| Father | Abu Yaqub Yusuf | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn Abd al-Muʾmin al-Manṣūr (Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب بن يوسف بن عبد المؤمن المنصور; d. 23 January 1199), commonly known as Yaqub al-Mansur (يعقوب المنصور) or Moulay Yacoub (مولاي يعقوب), was the third Almohad caliph. Succeeding his father, al-Mansur reigned from 1184 to 1199. His reign was distinguished by the flourishing of trade, architecture, philosophy and the sciences, as well as by victorious military campaigns in which he was successful in repelling the tide of the Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula.