Defeating the weakening Almoravid Empire and taking control over Morocco in 1147, they pushed into Algeria in 1152, taking control over Tlemcen, Oran, and Algiers, wrestling control from the Hilian Arabs, and by the same year they defeated Hammadids who controlled Eastern Algeria.
dᵻfˈiːɾɪŋ ðə wˈiːkənɪŋ ˈɔlmoːɹˌævɪd ˈɛmpaɪɚ ænd tˈeɪkɪŋ kəntɹˈoʊl ˌoʊvɚ mɚɹˈɑːkoʊ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɛvən, ðeɪ pˈʊʃt ˌɪntʊ ældʒˈɪɹiə ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tˈuː, tˈeɪkɪŋ kəntɹˈoʊl ˌoʊvɚ tˈiːlˈɛmsən, ˈoːɹən, ænd ældʒˈɪɹz, ɹˈɛsəlɪŋ kəntɹˈoʊl fɹʌmðə hˈɪliən ˈæɹəbz, ænd baɪ ðə sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ ðeɪ dᵻfˈiːɾᵻd hˈæmɐdˌɪdz hˌuː kəntɹˈoʊld ˈiːstɚn ældʒˈɪɹiə.