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al-Hama: one of the fortresses in the districts of Granada in al-Andalus. The lord of Cadiz seized it by treachery at the last days of the treaty, in the year 887 AH. ¹

The people of Granada besieged it, trying to recover it, and they cut off its water until a host of Christians came to its relief. Then al-Hama entered it and it was fortified. The attempt of the people of Baza and Guadix to recover it failed, and people gave up hope of it. ¹

The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus

In year 138 Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya ibn Hisham the Umayyad entered al-Andalus and seized it; his days extended and al-Andalus remained in his descendants' hands past the year 400. A man of learning and justice whose mother was Berber, they said: 'The world is ruled by two sons of Berber women — al-Mansur and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya.' By year 148 nothing lay outside al-Mansur's sway but al-Andalus, held by Abd al-Rahman, who did not take the title Commander of the Faithful but only amir — as did his sons.

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The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus