Mu'min had proclaimed an Almohad caliphate at…

Mu'min had proclaimed an Almohad caliphate at Córdoba, giving the sultan supreme religious as well as political authority within his domains, but theology had gradually given way to dynastic politics as the motivating force behind the movement.

The Almohads had succeeded in unifying the Maghreb but, as its empire grew and the Almohad power base shifted to Spain, the dynasty has become more remote from the Berber tribes that had launched it.

By 1270 the Almohads in Morocco have succumbed to tribal warfare and in Spain to the steady advance of the Kingdom of Castile.