فتنة الربض بقرطبة
فتنة الربض بقرطبة
c. 818 CE · c. 202 AH
The famous revolt of the Rabbaḍ of Cordoba under al-Hakam ibn Hisham: the scholars of learning and piety — Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi, Malik's companion and Muwatta transmitter, the faqih Talut and others — rose against him, deposed him and gave bay'a to a kinsman; al-Hakam crushed them, demolished their houses and mosques, and the exiles went to Fez and Alexandria — where they revolted again until Abdallah ibn Tahir expelled them to Crete, which they held until the Franks took it 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb · Egypt & Nile
- Review
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In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
This is the well-known encounter between the amir al-Hakam ibn Hisham and the people of the suburb of Cordoba. Al-Maqqari relates it in "Nafh al-Tib", and dates the second strife to 202 AH citing Ibn Idhari. 1
What al-Maqqari reports
The people of learning and piety in Cordoba rose against al-Hakam, among them Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi, the student of Malik and one of the transmitters of the Muwatta from him, and Talut the jurist. They deposed him and gave their allegiance to one of his relatives. They were in the western suburb of Cordoba. 1
Al-Hakam fought them and defeated them, demolished their houses and mosques, and they fled to Fez and Alexandria. There they rose again, and Abd Allah ibn Tahir marched against them and defeated them, and ferried them to the island of Crete, where they stayed until the Franks took it. 1
Note
This report comes from a single source and needs an additional source. Another entry for the same event, the suburb revolt, exists and the two need to be reviewed and merged.
Connections
- Had participant
- الحكم الأول بن هشام· Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi
- Occurred at
- Cordoba
People and things also explored
وقعة الربض· الحكم الأول بن هشام· Cordoba· Rabee' Qurtuba· جامع قرطبة· خزانة كتب قصر قرطبة· وقعة الأرك· فتح قرطبة
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 375
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “فتنة الربض بقرطبة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/rabbad-revolt-202/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.