Hisham III.
Hisham III. ibn Muhammad al-Muʿtad bi-llah ( Arabic هشام بن محمد المعتد بالله, DMG Hišām b. Muḥammad al-Muʿtad bi-llāh ; † 1036 ) was Caliph of Córdoba from 1026 to 1031.
Hisham III. was elected as the brother of Abd ar-Rahman IV. in 1026 after long negotiations between the governors of the border brands and the people of Cordoba as the new caliph. However, he was only able to move into Córdoba in December 1029, as the city was occupied by the Berber troops of the Hammudids .
Although he tried to consolidate the empire, the levying of new taxes (including for mosques) led to fierce opposition from Muslim legal scholars. After the assassination of his vizier al-Hakam by a conspiracy of the patricians of Cordoba, Hisham III. Imprisoned 1031. Although Hischam III. the flight, but he died in 1036 as the last of the Umayyads completely powerless in exile with the Hudids in Balaguer (Lleida) .
With Hisham III. ended the Caliphate of Cordoba ; the time of the Taifa kingdoms began (1031 to 1092).
literature
- Arnold Hottinger : The Moors. Arab culture in Spain , Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich, 1995. ISBN 3-7705-3075-6
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Yahya al-Mutali |
Caliph of Cordoba 1026-1031 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hisham III. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hisham III. ibn Muhammad al-Muʿtad bi-llah (full name); هشام بن محمد المعتد بالله (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moorish caliph of Cordoba |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century or 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1036 |