سليمان المستعين الأندلسي

Sulayman, nephew of Hisham al-Mu'ayyad and al-Mahdi, who was given the title "al-Musta'in billah". He ruled Cordoba during the strife of al-Andalus in the early fifth century AH. al-Maqqari describes him in Nafh al-Tib ².

Sulayman joined the Berber troops, who had gathered on the outskirts of Cordoba. They pledged allegiance to him and gave him the title al-Musta'in billah. He led them to the frontier of Toledo and enlisted the help of Ibn Adhfunsh. He put to the sword more than twenty thousand of the people of Cordoba, and entered Cordoba at the close of the fourth century AH ².

Then al-Mahdi defeated him at Aqabat al-Baqar. The Berbers turned against al-Mahdi and Ibn Adhfunsh, and both were defeated ².

al-Musta'in besieged Cordoba until he entered it by force in the year 403 AH. Hisham al-Mu'ayyad was killed in secret, and according to al-Maqqari, shame came upon the great families of Cordoba for their women and their sons ².