al-Zafir the Qadi
الظافر القاضي
al-Zafir Muhammad b. Isma'il (d. 433) — the qadi who founded Abbadid Seville: when the Hammudid Yahya b. Ali besieged the city, the notables chose the qadi, deposed Yahya and made the Abbadids kings 1.
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At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Ruler
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Review
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Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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