al-Mu'tadid Abbad
المعتضد بالله عباد
1069 CE · 461 AH
al-Mu'tadid 'Abbad (r. 433–461) — the fearsome Abbadid who built Seville into a power; Ibn Bassam's famous portrait: 'the pivot of the fitna, whose arm lengthened and lands widened' — also a natural poet 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler · Poet
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
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Connections
- Child of
- القاضي محمد بن إسماعيل بن عباد
People and things also explored
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Mu'tadid Abbad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-mutadid-abbad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.