Igiliz

Igiliz lies in the Anti-Atlas of southern Morocco, amid the mountains inhabited by the Hargha. It was the birthplace of Ibn Tumart, the religious leader whose teaching gave rise to the Almohad movement in the twelfth century. A cave and fortified mountain site became associated with the movement’s beginnings. The Almohads went on to overthrow the Almoravids and establish a powerful empire in the Maghreb and al-Andalus.