Oran, then Tlemcen, then Fez, then Salā, and finally Ceuta. He next laid siege to Marrakesh for eleven months and captured it in 542 AH. His dominion spread far and wide, and he conquered much of al-Andalus. Poets flocked to his court, and when al-Tifāshī (1) recited before him his ode:
“No one has ever swung his shoulders amid flashing swords and spears
like the caliph ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn ʿAlī,” (2)
he signalled that the opening was sufficient and ordered that the poet be given a thousand dinars.

The Abbasid invocation in the Friday sermon came to an end with the death of the Commander of the Muslims ʿAlī ibn Tāshfīn and his son Tāshfīn; the latter’s reign had lasted three years.

Ibn al-Jawzī says in al-Mirʾāh (3): “ʿAbd al-Muʾmin seized Marrakesh, killed the fighting men, but spared the common people. He then summoned the Jews and Christians (4) and declared, ‘The Mahdī has commanded me not to let anyone remain except on the religion of Islam. I offer you three choices: accept Islam, depart to the dar al-ḥarb (abode of war), or be put to death.’

“A group embraced Islam, another departed for the dar al-ḥarb. He demolished their churches and converted them into mosques, abolished the jizya, and did the same in all his other cities. He opened the state treasuries, prayed in them following the example of ʿAlī, so that the people would see he hoarded no wealth. He revived many Islamic institutions with consummate statesmanship and proclaimed: ‘Whoever abandons the prayer three times—kill him.’

“He eradicated wrongdoing, led the people in prayer himself, recited one-seventh of the Qurʾān each day, and wore…"