From the Arabic al-mowahbidun, which means partisan of Unity. According to the doctrine of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him), Ibn Tumart, one of the Almohads, proclaimed the oneness of God. The Almohads, a Berber dynasty which succeeded the Almoravids, reigned in the Maghreb and Al-Andalus (Spain) between 1130 and 1269 AD, with their capital in Marrakesh.