A Master's Thesis at the University of Basrah Examines Authoritarian Violence in the Almohad State

A Master's Thesis at the University of Basrah Examines Authoritarian Violence in the Almohad State

A master's thesis at the College of Arts at the University of Basra examined authoritarian violence in the Almohad state in Morocco and Andalusia (515-668 AH / 1121-1269 AD).

The thesis aims to study the concept of authoritarian violence and its practices in the history of Morocco and Andalusia, focusing on the Almohad period and the doctrine of Ibn Tumart and its impact on the political behavior of the state's leader, Abd al-Mu'min, and the rulers who followed him, all the way to the policies of Yaqub al-Mansur and his successors. Authoritarian violence also took various forms, ranging from genocide to individual violence, and authoritarian violence in the Almohad state played a central role in consolidating power.

The thesis, submitted by student Hajar Hamoud Attia, included four chapters discussing authoritarian violence in the history of Morocco and Andalusia until the rise of the Almohad state, the Tumert doctrine, the legalization of violence against others, Abd al-Mu'min and his son Yusuf, following the path of Ibn Tumart, and the policies of Yaqub al-Mansur and his successors.

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