Tashfin ibn Ishaq ibn Muhammad ibn Ghaniya () was a ruler of the

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, from c. 1185 to c. 1187. A member of the

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as a replacement for his brother

Muhammad ibn Ishaq Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (; – , known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer who collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic proph ...

, who had been overthrown by his Muslim subjects after he attempted to seek support from

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against the

Almohad Caliphate The Almohad Caliphate (; or or from ) or Almohad Empire was a North African Berbers, Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century. At its height, it controlled much of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus) and North Africa (the Maghreb). Th ...

. He remained in command of the Balearic Islands until 'Ali ibn Ghaniya sent a fleet under the command of

'Abdallah ibn Ghaniya Abdallah ibn Ishaq ibn Muhammad ibn Ghaniya, known as Abdallah ibn Ghaniya () (died 1203) was a member of the Banu Ghaniya dynasty who fought against the Almohad Caliphate in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. In c. 1187 he captur ...

to Majorca, whereupon he was deposed and replaced by 'Abdallah as amir.; .

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