The nisba al-Tinmalali reveals that he hailed from Tinmel, the Almohad capital in Morocco between 1121 and 1147.
In Majorca Abu-Yahya created a semi-independent princedom, with only a formal submission to the Almohad emir.
[1][2][3] He ruled the island and the entire Balearic archipelago in the name of the Almohad Empire until James I of Aragon conquered it in 1229 during the conquest of Majorca.
His son, only three years old at the time of his capture by James I, was baptized with the names of his father and his baptismal godfather.
He married Elvira Roldán, daughter of Martin Roldán and his wife María López de Luna[4][5] and became the progenitor of the family with the surname Gotor.