دخول البرابرة قرطبة عنوة

دخول البرابرة قرطبة عنوة

c. 1013 CE · 403 AH

Cordoba

In 403 Sulayman al-Musta'in and the Berbers stormed Cordoba after a siege that starved its villages; Hisham al-Mu'ayyad was secretly killed, the city's households violated, and the Berbers and Saqaliba scattered to found taifa states 1.

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Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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1000101010201030 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Cordoba

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Overview

Al-Maqqari in "Nafh al-Tib" says that Sulayman al-Musta'in and the Berbers with him entered Cordoba by force in 403 AH after a siege. 2

What happened

Al-Maqqari describes the siege as having destroyed the villages and open country around Cordoba, and that all the services were lost. Hisham al-Mu'ayyad was killed in secret, and the houses of Cordoba suffered what al-Maqqari considers a disgrace to their women and children. 2

Then the Berbers and the slaves took control of the administration, and held large cities, among them Badis ibn Habus. 2

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سليمان المستعين الأندلسي
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Cordoba

People and things also explored

جامع قرطبة· خزانة كتب قصر قرطبة· وقعة الأرك· فتح قرطبة· حصار الأذفونش قرطبة ودخولها في طاعة الموحدين· استيلاء العدو على قرطبة· وقعة الربض· فتنة الربض بقرطبة

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 464-465
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.464-465
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islam.museum contributors. “دخول البرابرة قرطبة عنوة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/sack-of-cordoba-403/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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جامع قرطبة

The Great Mosque of Cordoba; al-Maqqari transmits the report of a brass candelabrum of a thousand lamps and three red-marble columns bearing the name of Muhammad, Moses' staff and Noah's raven — noting himself that the sound Andalusian historians did not mention it.