Abu Bakr ibn Umar
Abu Bakr ibn Umar ibn Ibrahim ibn Turgut, sometimes suffixed al-Sanhaji or al-Lamtuni (died 1087; Arabic: أبو بكر بن عمر) was a chieftain of the Lamtuna Berber Tribe and Amir of the Almoravids from 1056 until his death. He is credited to have founded the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, and under his rule the heretic Barghawatas were destroyed. In 1076, he conquered Koumbi Saleh capital of the Ghana Empire, and is credited to have brought Islam in this Western Sub-Saharan Africa region. In November of 1087, Abu Bakr died of a poisoned arrow in what is now Mauritania.
| أبو بكر بن عمر Abu Bakr ibn Umar | |||||
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| Amir Al-Muslimin | |||||
Coin minted under Abu Bakr ibn Umar | |||||
| Amir of the Almoravids | |||||
| Reign | 1056 – 1087 | ||||
| Predecessor | Yahya ibn Umar | ||||
| Successor | Yusuf ibn Tashfin | ||||
| Partitioned rule | 1072 – 1087 | ||||
| Co-ruler | Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1072 - 1087) | ||||
| Born | Unknown | ||||
| Died | 1087 Tagant | ||||
| Spouse | Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah (m. 1068; div. 1071) Fâtimata Sal (c.1086) | ||||
| Issue | Amadou ben Boubakar | ||||
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| Father | Umar ben Ibrahim al-Lamtuni | ||||
| Mother | Safiya al-Djedaliya | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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