al-Mundhir ibn Muhammad

المنذر بن محمد

c. 888 CE · Safar 275 AH

Seventh Umayyad emir of Córdoba (AH 273–275) — a two-year reign after which the verse ran 'by al-Mundhir ibn Muhammad the lands of al-Andalus were set right' 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Ibn Abi Dawud al-Sijistani · Abd Allah ibn Muhammad (Umayyad amir of Cordova) · Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Abu al-Ayna · Abu'l-Sa'ib 'Utba al-Hamadhani

Overview

Al-Mundhir ibn Muhammad, the seventh of the Umayyad amirs in Cordoba, who ruled between 273 and 275 AH. He held power for two years less half a month, and died in the middle of Safar 275 AH. 2

Al-Maqqari relates a verse that was said of him: "Through al-Mundhir ibn Muhammad the lands of al-Andalus were set right." 2

The date of death in the museum's data is calculated from the Hijri date given, and comes from one source.

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Cordoba

People and things also explored

Great Mosque of Córdoba· Library of the Córdoba Palace· The battle of al-Arak (Alarcos)· Conquest of Cordoba· Alfonso's Siege of Cordoba and Its Submission to the Almohads· The enemy's capture of Cordoba· The battle of al-Rabad· The Rabad fitna in Cordoba

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 388
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.388
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Great Mosque of Córdoba

The Great Mosque of Cordoba; al-Maqqari transmits the report of a brass candelabrum of a thousand lamps and three red-marble columns bearing the name of Muhammad, Moses' staff and Noah's raven — noting himself that the sound Andalusian historians did not mention it.