Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid I al-Makhlu

عبد الواحد بن يوسف المخلوّع (Known as "Abd al-Wahid al-Makhlu")

Almohad Caliph, Sovereign of the Maghreb and al-Andalus

Born c. 1165

Marrakech, Morocco

Passed Away September 1224 Marrakech, Morocco

Lifespan ~59 years old

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"Sovereignty is a heavy mantle, worn briefly between fate and betrayal."

Archival Overview

Almohad caliph who ruled briefly in 1224 following the death of Yusuf II al-Mustansir, overthrown by rival dynastic factions in Marrakech.

Biographical Record

Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid I was the son of the great caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf. Following the unexpected death of the youthful Caliph Yusuf II al-Mustansir without male heirs in early 1224, the senior Almohad viziers and grandees in Marrakech proclaimed the elderly Abd al-Wahid as caliph.

However, his accession provoked immediate opposition from provincial governors in al-Andalus, led by his grand-nephew Abu Muhammad Abdallah al-Adil. Within nine months, Marrakech palace guards deposed and assassinated him, earning him the historical epithet 'al-Makhlu' (the Deposed), marking the onset of the fatal Almohad succession civil wars.

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Final Resting Place

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Almohad Royal Crypt
Marrakech, Morocco

                         GPS: 31.6220, -7.9850                    

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