al-Qasim al-Ma'mun
Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun ( Arabic المأمون القاسم بن حمود, DMG al-Maʾmūn al-Qāsim bin Ḥammūd ; † 1035 ) was Caliph of Córdoba from 1018 to 1021 and 1023 .
Al-Qasim succeeded his brother Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir and continued the rule of the Hammudids in the Caliphate of Cordoba . First he was able to achieve a compromise with the Berber leaders and consolidate his rule after the Umayyad Abd ar-Rahman IV had been eliminated in 1018 . However, Yahya al-Mutali , the son of his murdered brother Ali ibn Hammud, increasingly conspired against his rule. When his troops defected to Yahya, al-Qasim had to flee to Seville in August 1021 .
But he was able to return to Cordoba as early as 1023 with the help of loyal slave troops . But soon there was a successful uprising of the population of Cordoba against the Berber troops, who were badly beaten. The new caliph was Abd ar-Rahman V , with which the Umayyads were able to oust the Hammudids from the throne of the caliphate. Although al-Qasim managed to escape, he was captured by Yahya al-Mutali, who imprisoned him and had him executed after 13 years.
literature
- Arnold Hottinger : The Moors. Arabic culture in Spain. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7705-3075-6
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Abd ar-Rahman IV. |
Caliph of Cordoba 1018-1021 |
Yahya al-Mutali |
Yahya al-Mutali |
Caliph of Cordoba 1023 |
Yahya al-Mutali |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | al-Qasim al-Ma'mun |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | المأمون القاسم بن حمود (Arabic) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Caliph of Cordoba (1018-1021 and 1023) |
DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century or 11th century |
DATE OF DEATH | 1035 |