ʿUmar ibn Hafsūn

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Areas controlled by ibn Hafsun

ʿUmar ibn Hafsūn ( Arabic عمر بن حفصون, DMG ʿUmar ibn Ḥafṣūn ) (* around 850; † 917 ) was the leader of an uprising in Al-Andalus (880-918).

Umar ibn Hafsun was the son of wealthy Muslim landowners in the Ronda area who came from the old Visigoth nobility. After private disputes and a manslaughter around 879, he rallied outlaws and made the area of Málaga unsafe. Although he was initially taken prisoner, he managed to escape to Africa .

From there he soon returned and in 884 became the leader of the rebels in the southern provinces in the Emirate of Cordoba . The main base was the fortress of Bobastro near Málaga, which also defied several sieges by the Umayyads . At the height of his power he ruled the provinces of Málaga and Granada and had close ties with the rebels in Jaén . In the struggle against the Umayyads he relied mainly on Berbers and Mozarabs .

He also established contacts with the Aghlabids and later the Fatimids in Ifrīqiya , but his following decreased when he converted to Christianity. The Umayyadenemir Abdallah also managed to largely isolate Umar ibn Hafsun through his alliance with the Banu Khaldun. Nevertheless, he could not be decisively defeated by the Umayyads until his death .

Under his son Sulayman, Bobastro was able to face Abd ar-Rahman III until 928 . claim before the uprising was put down and the extended Hafsun family driven into exile.

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  1. ↑ 306 H according to Wilhelm Hoenerbach : Islamic History of Spain. Artemis, Zurich / Stuttgart 1970, p. 114. cf. Évariste Lévi-Provençal : Histoire de l'Espagne Musulmane. Volume II, p. 12, note 2.
personal data
SURNAME ʿUmar ibn Hafsūn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Leader of an uprising in Al-Andalus
DATE OF BIRTH around 850
DATE OF DEATH 917