ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn ʿAlī al-Tamīmī al-Marrākushī (Arabic: عبد الواحد المراكشي; born 7 July 1185 in Marrakech, died 1250)[citation needed] was a Moroccan historian who lived during the Almohad period.
Abdelwahid was born in Marrakech in 1185 during the reign of Yaqub al-Mansur, in 1194 he moved to Fes to pursue his studies, but continued traveling back and forth between the two cities for academic purposes.
Although he vowed respect for the Almohad movement and its founding tribe the Masmuda, the book was fairly objective as it contained criticism of the actions of some of its kings as well as a neutral account of the movement’s founder Ibn Tumart and his teachings.
Another aspect of this is the account about the Almoravids, who were the rivals of the Almohads, but were properly credited with their good deeds.
Abdelwahid finished his life in Egypt, as he reported in his book that the later events of the Almohads did not reach him in great detail since he was away.