Muhammad II of Córdoba
Caliph of Córdoba during 1009
Mohammed II al-Mahdi (محمد بن هشام بن عبد الجبار) | |
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al-Mahdī bi'llah | |
4th Caliph of Córdoba | |
Reign | 1009 |
Predecessor | Hisham II |
Successor | Sulayman ibn al-Hakam |
Born | 976 Córdoba |
Died | 1010 (aged 33–34) Córdoba |
Dynasty | Umayyad |
Father | Hisham bin Abd al-Jabbar bin Abd ar-Rahman III |
Mother | Muzna |
Religion | Islam |
Muhammad II al-Mahdi (Arabic: محمد المهدي بالله, romanized: Muḥammad al-Mahdī bi-ʾllāh) was the fourth Caliph of Córdoba of the Umayyad dynasty in Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia). After disbanding his army of 7,000 troops, he became the source of opposition to many of his subjects. Al-Mahdi sought to defend his title as Caliph after the rise of Suleiman II as a political opponent. After a turbulent rule, in which many warring factions rose to power in an attempt to supplant al-Mahdi, he was eventually deposed. After his death, many Muslim historians accused him of destroying the sanctity of the Amirid Harem.[1]
Sources
- ^ Peter C. Scales (31 December 1993). The Fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba: Berbers and Andalusis in Conflict. BRILL. pp. 61–74. ISBN 978-90-04-09868-8. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
Muhammad II of Córdoba Cadet branch of the Banu Quraish | ||
Preceded by Hisham II | Caliph of Córdoba 1009 | Succeeded by |
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- Muhammad II
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- Hisham II
- Sulayman
- Abd Allah al-Mu'ayti
- Abd al-Rahman IV
- Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir[H]
- Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun ibn Hammud[H]
- Yahya ibn Ali al-Mu'tali[H]
- Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun ibn Hammud[H]
- Abd al-Rahman V
- Muhammad III
- Yahya ibn Ali al-Mu'tali[H]
- Hisham III
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