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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Abu Bakr ibn Umar

1100 - 1088

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Abu Bakr ibn Umar ibn Ibrahim ibn Turgut, sometimes suffixed al-Sanhaji or al-Lamtuni (died 1087; Arabic: أبو بكر بن عمر) was a chieftain of the Lamtuna Berber Tribe and Amir of the Almoravids from 1056 until his death. He is credited to have founded the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, and under his rule the heretic Barghawatas were destroyed. In 1076, he conquered Koumbi Saleh capital of the Ghana Empire, and is credited to have brought Islam in this Western Sub-Saharan Africa region. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Bakr ibn Umar has received more than 148,071 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Abu Bakr ibn Umar is the 859th most popular military personnel (down from 759th in 2019).

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  • 16

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Abu Bakr ibn Umar ranks 859 out of 1,468Before him are Erich Abraham, Alphonse Juin, Hermann von François, Peter Lacy, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, and Helmut Lent. After him are David Farragut, Alexey Maresyev, Gainas, Janko Bobetko, Joseph E. Johnston, and Hans von Salmuth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Abu Bakr ibn Umar ranks 47Before him are Danishmend Gazi, Antipope Sylvester IV, William V, Marquess of Montferrat, Roger of Salerno, Bretislav II, and Domenico Selvo. After him are Matthew of Edessa, Artuk Bey, Thoros of Edessa, Tzachas, Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, and Malmfred of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1088, Abu Bakr ibn Umar ranks 3Before him are Nasir Khusraw and Berengar of Tours. After him is Hermann of Salm.

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