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 "id": "event/yusuf-tashfin-investiture-479",
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 "slug": "yusuf-tashfin-investiture-479",
 "label": {
  "ar": "تلقيب يوسف بن تاشفين بأمير المسلمين",
  "en": "Yusuf ibn Tashfin Given the Title Amir al-Muslimin"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "في سنة تسع وسبعين أرسل يوسف بن تاشفين صاحب سبتة ومراكش إلى المقتدي يطلب أن يسلطنه وأن يقلده ما بيده من البلاد فبعث إليه الخلع والأعلام والتقليد ولقبه بأمير المسلمين ففرح بذلك وسر به فقهاء المغرب وهو الذي أنشأ مدينة مراكش {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 652}.",
  "en": "In 479 Yusuf ibn Tashfin, lord of Sabta and Marrakesh, asked al-Muqtadi to make him sultan and invest him with the lands he held; the robes, banners and deed were sent with the title amir al-muslimin — the Maghreb's jurists rejoiced. He is the founder of Marrakesh {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 652}."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "time"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "maghreb"
 ],
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  "period/abbasid-fragmentation"
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 "aliases": [],
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 "span": {
  "earliest": 1086.0010130255926,
  "latest": 1087.0003490831118
 },
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  "start": {
   "edtf": "1086~",
   "hijri": "0479",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "479؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 652}."
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "1086~",
   "hijri": "0479",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "479؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 652}."
  }
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    "edtf": "1086~",
    "hijri": "0479",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true,
    "note": "479؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 652}."
   }
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "تاريخ الخلفاء للسيوطي (ط المنهاج 1434هـ/2013م) ص 646–657",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-tarikh-khulafa-batch-39"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434"
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  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
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 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "في سنة 479هـ أرسل [[person/yusuf-ibn-tashfin|يوسف بن تاشفين]]، صاحب سبتة ومراكش، إلى الخليفة [[person/al-muqtadi-billah|المقتدي]] يطلب أن يوليه السلطنة ويقلده ما بيده من البلاد. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.652}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "التقليد",
     "markdown": "بعث إليه المقتدي الخلع والأعلام والتقليد، ولقبه «أمير المسلمين». وفرح بذلك يوسف، وسُرّ به فقهاء المغرب. ويذكر السيوطي أنه هو الذي أنشأ مدينة مراكش. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.652}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/yusuf-tashfin-investiture-479",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "In 479 AH [[person/yusuf-ibn-tashfin|Yusuf ibn Tashfin]], lord of Ceuta and Marrakesh, sent to the caliph [[person/al-muqtadi-billah|al-Muqtadi]] asking that he invest him with the sultanate and confirm to him the lands in his hand. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.652}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The investiture",
     "markdown": "Al-Muqtadi sent him the robes of honour, the banners and the investiture, and gave him the title \"Commander of the Muslims.\" Yusuf rejoiced at it, and the jurists of the Maghrib were pleased by it. Al-Suyuti says that it was he who founded the city of Marrakesh. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.652}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/yusuf-tashfin-investiture-479",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "سنہ 479ھ میں [[person/yusuf-ibn-tashfin|یوسف بن تاشفین]]، جو سبتہ اور مراکش کے حاکم تھے، نے خلیفہ [[person/al-muqtadi-billah|المقتدی]] کو پیغام بھیجا اور مانگا کہ وہ انہیں سلطنت دیں اور جو علاقے ان کے قبضے میں ہیں ان کی سند عطا کریں۔ {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.652}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سند",
     "markdown": "المقتدی نے ان کی طرف خلعت، جھنڈے اور سند بھیجی، اور انہیں «امیر المؤمنین» کا لقب دیا۔ یوسف اس سے خوش ہوئے، اور مغرب کے فقہاء بھی اس سے خوش ہوئے۔ سیوطی بیان کرتے ہیں کہ یوسف ہی نے مراکش شہر بسایا تھا۔ {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.652}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/yusuf-tashfin-investiture-479",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
 },
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 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
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   "role": "أمير المسلمين",
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   ]
  },
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   "to": "person/al-muqtadi-billah",
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 "related": [
  "event/almoravid-takes-seville-484",
  "event/malikshah-baghdad-ultimatum-485",
  "event/mutawakkil-badajoz-killing-489",
  "event/qaim-death-muqtadi-accession-467",
  "event/zallaqa-504",
  "person/ali-ibn-yusuf-al-murabiti",
  "person/zaynab-al-nafzawiyya",
  "person/al-muqtadi-billah"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}