قتل يوسف بن تاشفين للمتوكل صاحب بطليوس

قتل يوسف بن تاشفين للمتوكل صاحب بطليوس

c. 1095 CE · 489 AH

In 489 Yusuf b. Tashfin killed al-Mutawakkil Sahib Badajoz, known as Saja, together with his sons — instigated by Ibn Abbad, who had secretly urged Yusuf to strike before the taifa king joined the Castilian 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
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al-Andalus & Europe
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Overview

Al-Mutawakkil Abu Hafs Umar ibn Muhammad, known as Sajja, sultan of Badajoz, was killed by Yusuf ibn Tashfin, amir of the Almoravids, in 489 AH, and his sons were killed with him. 2

Ibn Khaldun's account

Ibn Khaldun says that Ibn Abbad, that is al-Mu'tamid, incited Yusuf against him. When suspicion took hold and al-Mutawakkil sensed it, he wrote to Yusuf and urged him to deal with him before he could approach the tyrant. 2

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يوسف بن تاشفين أمير المسلمين· المعتمد على الله

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استيلاء المرابطين على إشبيلية· اعتراض ابن كنداج المعتمد ومحجوره· عهد المعتمد للمفوض والموفق· تلقيب يوسف بن تاشفين بأمير المسلمين· الملحمة الكبيرة بين ابن تاشفين والفرنج· Zaynab al-Nafzawiyya· المعتمد على الله· يوسف بن تاشفين أمير المسلمين

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p. 1001
  2. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.1001
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