Almohad Caliphate, 1121–1269 The Almohad Dynasty (meaning “the monotheists&

Almohad Caliphate, 1121–1269 The Almohad Dynasty (meaning “the monotheists”) was a Moroccan Berber-Muslim dynasty founded in the 12th century that established a Berber state in the Atlas Mountains in roughly 1120. They ruled over large parts of Northwest Africa and, until 1212, also southern Iberia. This flag is the first known flag of “Morocco”. It is red with a 64-square chessboard placed in the middle of the flag. Red might refer to the Fatimids, white to the Umayyads and black to the Abbasids, who had established a protectorate over Kairuan and Fes. The Almohads continued to rule in Africa until the loss of territory through the revolt of tribes and districts enabled the rise of their most effective enemies, the Marinids. The last representative of the line was reduced to the possession of Marrakesh, where he was murdered by a slave in 1269. -- source link

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