Rudhmir king of the Jalaliqa
رذمير ملك الجلالقة
King of the Jalaliqa (Galicians) in 332 — the battle of Samura in Shawwal 327 cost the Muslims of al-Nasir's host some fifty thousand dead after they had crossed the ditch; he took the exiled Umayya ibn Ishaq into his council until the man returned to al-Andalus 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Overview
Rudhmir, king of the Galicians until 332 AH. Before him the kingship was held by Ordoño, and before him by Adefonso, as al-Mas'udi reports 2.
His vizier
He made Umayya ibn Ishaq his vizier, the brother of the vizier of Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir who was killed, and Umayya showed him the weak points of the Muslims 2.
The battle of Simancas
The battle between him and Abd al-Rahman, lord of al-Andalus, took place at Simancas in Shawwal 327 AH. According to al-Mas'udi, about fifty thousand Muslims were killed there after they had crossed the trench 2.
Connections
- Participated in
- The battle of Samura (327 AH)
People and things also explored
عبد الرحمن الناصر لدين الله الأموي· Samura· The battle of Samura (327 AH)
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 359-360
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.359-360
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islam.museum contributors. “Rudhmir king of the Jalaliqa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/rudhmir-malik-al-jalaliqa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.