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Muhammad II al-Mahdi

Muhammad II al-Mahdi, the caliph of the Umayyad of Cordoba caliphate, ruling 1009–1009 CE.

Reign · Caliphate of Córdoba · no. 2 in the chain · 1009–1009 CE

Ruled the caliphate

Events of the reign

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.

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