Tasghîmût
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Tasghîmût is a medieval fortress near Marrakesh, Morocco, built on a rocky plateau and fortified by the Almoravids under Ali ibn Yusuf in the 12th century to protect the nearby capital of Aghmat when
View from the north-west of Tasghîmût; photo by Chloé Capel, 2013.
Aghmat
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Aghmat was an important commercial medieval Berber town in Morocco. It is today an archaeological site known as "Joumâa Aghmat".
Tasghîmût
…built on a rocky plateau (an "erosion cirque") and fortified by the Almoravids under Ali ibn Yusuf in the 12th century to protect the nearby capital of Aghmat when the Almohads were making inroads in the western Maghreb. The fortress was conquered by the Almohads in 1132. Some archeological excavations were…
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Dinar minted in Aghmat by Almoravid king Yusuf ibn Tashfin.