Yusuf ibn Tashfin
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Yusuf ibn Tashfin, also Tashafin, Teshufin, was a Sanhaja leader of the Almoravid Empire. He cofounded the city of Marrakesh and led the Muslim forces in the Battle of Sagrajas.
Gold dinar issued under Yusuf ibn Tashfin
El Cid (film)
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El Cid is a 1961 epic historical drama film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston. The film is loosely based on the life of the 11th-century Castilian knight and warlord Rodrigo Día
Yusuf ibn Tashfin
…hard-gained territories by the time of Ibrahim ibn Tashfin (1146) and Ishaq ibn Ali (1146–1147), the last of the Almoravid dynasty. In the 1961 movie El Cid, Yusuf ibn Tashfin is portrayed, under the name "Ben Yussuf", by Herbert Lom. Yusuf appears in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors as one of the primary…
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Filming near the Belmonte Castle in the province of Cuenca
The battle of Valencia was shot on location along the beaches of Peñíscola.