Sulayman al-Mustain

Sulaiman al-Mustain ( Arabic سليمان المستعين, DMG Sulaimān al-Mustaʿīn ; ? - 1016 ) was Caliph of Cordoba from 1009 to 1010 and from 1013 to 1016 .

Sulaiman was the great-grandson of Abd ar-Rahmans III. In 1009 appointed by the Berber troops as Caliph of Cordoba after they had overthrown Muhammad II al-Mahdi (see also: Caliphate of Cordoba ). Since Muhammad II was able to flee to Toledo , Sulaiman tried to conquer the city, but failed. Although the Berber troops at Córdoba were able to assert themselves against the troops of Muhammad II and the Catalans allied with him, Sulayman gave the battle prematurely lost, so that Córdoba was sacked again, this time by the Catalans.

After he had withdrawn to Algeciras , Sulaiman came in 1013 after the re-conquest of Cordoba by the Berbers and after the deposition of Hishams until 1016 again on the throne of the caliphate. A consolidation of his rule failed. So formed u. a. the Zirids of Granada an independent dynasty that represented its own interests in the Muslim power struggles. Sulayman fell into the hands of the Hammudids through treason in 1016 and was executed. Thus the title of caliph went from the Umayyads to the Hammudids under Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir (1016-1018).

literature

• Arnold Hottinger : The Moors. Arab culture in Spain , Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich, 1995. ISBN 3-7705-3075-6

predecessor	Office	successor
Muhammad II al-Mahdi	Caliph of Cordoba 1009-1010	Muhammad II al-Mahdi
Hisham II	Caliph of Cordoba 1013-1016	Ali ibn Hammud an-Nasir