Abu Yusuf Yakub al-Mansur (reigned 1184-1199) was the third caliph of the Almohad dynasty and the victor against the Spanish Christians at the battle of Alarcos. Abu Yusuf served as vizier of the Almohad empire during the reign of his father, Abu Yakub...
Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur (Arabic: ابو يوسف يعقوب المنصور) (c. 1160 – January 23, 1199) (also known as Moulay Yacoub), was the third Almohad caliph Succeeding his father, Abu Ya'qub Yusuf, Yakub al-Mansur reigned from 1184 to...
From Slave to Sultan: The Career of al-Mansur Qalawun and the Consolidation of Mamluk Rule in Egypt and Syria (678-689 A.H./1279-1290). By LINDA S. NORTHRUP. Freiburger Islamstudien, vol. 18. Stuttgart: FRANZ STEINER VERLAG, 1998. Pp. 349. DM 128. In the introduction Northrup argues...
The privatisation of public sector banks and financial institutions has been omitted by Dr. Yaqub as it is vital for any financial sector reform. An amount of $250 million has been advanced by World Bank for this purpose. The privatisation process has been seriously...
