Sulayman al-Mustain
Sulayman al-Mustain, the caliph of the Umayyad of Cordoba caliphate, ruling 1009–1016 CE.
Reign · Caliphate of Córdoba · no. 3 in the chain · 1009–1016 CE
Ruled the caliphate
Events of the reign
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Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr
Draft card for the Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr in 1010, the Andalusian civil-war battle near Córdoba; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of the Guadiaro River (1010)
Draft card for the Battle of the Guadiaro River in 1010, an action of the Fitna of al-Andalus; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Ibn 'Abd al-Barr quits Cordoba after the Berber storming, about 403/1013
Abu 'Amr Ibn 'Abd al-Barr left his birthplace Cordoba after the Berbers stormed it in 403; he stayed in the west of al-Andalus for a while, then moved to its east and lived at Dania, Balansiya and Shatiba, where he died.
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Sack of Cordoba (1010)
Draft card for Sack of Cordoba (1010); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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The Berbers enter Cordoba by storm
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.
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The Cordoba Strife and the Rising of Ibn Abd al-Jabbar
The Cordoba fitna of 399–400: the Umayyad Muhammad ibn Hisham rose as 'al-Mahdi', hid the caliph Hisham al-Mu'ayyad and buried a Christian lookalike in his name; his uncle Hisham's counter-revolt failed, then Sulayman al-Musta'in marched in with Christian allies, won the great battle (35,000 dead), and took the bay'a while Berbers and Christians sacked the city.