Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun
| Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun القاسم المأمون | |||||
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| 7th Caliph of Córdoba (first period) | |||||
| Reign | 1018 – 1021 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir | ||||
| Successor | Yahya ibn Ali | ||||
| (second period) | |||||
| Reign | 1023 | ||||
| Predecessor | Yahia ibn Ali | ||||
| Successor | Abd al-Rahman V | ||||
| Brother | Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir | ||||
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| Dynasty | Hammudid | ||||
| Religion | Zaīdī Shī'a Islam | ||||
Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun ibn Hammud (Arabic: القاسم المأمون بن حمّود, died 1036) was an Arab Caliph of Córdoba in Muslim Spain for two periods, 1018 to 1021, and again for a short time in 1023 until he was driven from the city.[1]
Al-Qasim was the brother of the Caliph Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir and claimed the throne on 28 March 1018 shortly after his brother was assassinated.[2] His reign was described in Ibn al-Khatib's A'mal al-a'lam.[3]
At the outset of al-Qasim's reign, conspirators who had been plotting to overthrow his brother convinced the grandson of Abd al-Rahman III, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Malik to claim the throne. On 29 April 1018, the conspirators proclaimed Abd al-Rahman IV caliph. Shortly thereafter Abd al-Rahman IV was killed in a campaign to capture Córdoba. Therefore, for a short period at the outset of his reign the throne was contested with two individuals claiming to be caliph.[2]
Al-Qasim is a skilled politician and for a while his policies of moderation help him to grow his popularity. Two disgruntled nephews, however, unhappy that al-Qasim was selected as the caliph when their father, Ali ibn Hammud, was assassinated lead partisan Berbers in a campaign to Cordoba to seize the throne. Not wanting to enter into a conflict, al-Qasim flees to Seville.[4]
Yahya ibn Ali enters the capital and eight days later on 13 August 1021 is proclaimed caliph. Yahya ibn Ali's reign will last only a year and a half before the citizens of Cordoba tired of his arrogance and vanity force him to flee.[4]
Al-Qasim returns to the capital and retakes the throne on 6 February 1023. The citizens of Cordoba, however, have had enough of Hammudid leadership and six months later in August insurrection and rioting breaks out and causes al-Qasim to flee the city for a second time. Al-Qasim is ultimately found and captured by his nephew Yahya, who has him assassinated.[4]
Citations
- ^ Dozy 1861, pp. 332–333.
- ^ a b Flood 2018, pp. 66–67.
- ^ Guichard 2000, p. 229.
- ^ a b c Flood 2018, p. 67.
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1861). Histoire des musulmans d'Espagne: jusqu'à la conquête de l'Andalousie par les Almoravides (711 - 1110) (in French). Brill. pp. 332–333.
- Flood, Timothy M. (2018-11-09). Rulers and Realms in Medieval Iberia, 711-1492. McFarland. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-1-4766-3372-5.
Guichard, Pierre (2000). L'Espagne et la Sicile musulmanes aux XIe et XIIe siècles (in French). Presses Universitaires Lyon. p. 229. ISBN 978-2-7297-0658-6.