Al-Hakim II
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Al-Hakim II (الحاکم) (died 1352) was the Abbasid Caliph in Cairo (1341 - 1352) during La Convivencia. He died on the night of his wedding, while consummating his marriage to his eighth wife.
He founded a library in Toledo that contained hundreds of thousands of books and scrolls, thus giving new life to various philosophers of times past, including Ibn Masarra, Abentofain, Averroes and Maimonides.
Recemund dedicated and presented the Calendar of Córdoba to him.
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