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Yahya ibn Ghaniya
Almoravid military commander From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yahya ibn Ali ibn Ghaniya (Arabic: يحيى بن علي بن غانية), more commonly known as Ibn Ghaniya,[1] was governor of Valencia and Murcia (1133-1145) and of al-Andalus (1146-1148).[2] He was son of Ali ibn Yusuf, Almoravid emir, and the princess Ghaniya and brother of Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ganiya , Almoravid vali of Mallorca.[3] He is the first known person of the Banu Ghaniya.[2]
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In 1133 he participated in the siege of Fraga, bringing troops from Valencia and breaking the siege. It seems that he had a single combat with the Aragonese king Alfonso the Battler, whom he mortally wounded.[4] When the Taifa revolts against the Almoravids broke out, Yahya ibn Ali ibn Ghaniya commanded the Almoravid troops[5] and faced the revolt but ended up fleeing to Almería.[6] In 1146 he unsuccessfully defended Córdoba against Alfonso VII of León and Castile, of whom he eventually declared himself a vassal.[5] After the Almohad landing on Cádiz in 1146, he was one of the last defenders of the Almoravids and he died in Granada in 1148.[1]
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