A major Maghrebi imperial city and Almohad capital where Muhammad al-Nasir died.
Marrakesh was a political, military, and religious center for western Islamic empires. Its monuments and urban fabric reflect Almoravid and Almohad ambitions.
The Almohads made Marrakesh a capital of caliphal rule across North Africa and al-Andalus. Muhammad al-Nasir’s death there in 1213 followed a major military defeat in Iberia.
The city remains essential for understanding the western Mediterranean world that connected Morocco, al-Andalus, and Iberian Christian kingdoms.