Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid

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Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid (1040 - 1095), was the third and last ruler (reigned 1069–1091) of Sevilla in Spain from Abbadid dynasty.

After his father Abbad II al-Mu'tadid died he inherited this relatively new kingdom—his grandfather, Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad had founded it—and became Muslim ruler of Sevilla in 1069. In 1071, he attempted to seize the surrounding area and kingdom called Córdoba. He lost Córdoba in 1075 but regained it in 1078.

Al-Mu'tamid supported the Almoravid ruler Yusuf ibn Tashfin against the Castilian King Alfonso VI in battle of az-Zallaqah (1086). After another decade, his whole kingdom was overthrown—both Sevilla and Córdoba—and he was deposed.

Al-Mu'tamid was not only the patron of the Andalusi Arabic poet Ibn Ammar, but is also, usually considered in his own right, one of the greatest of the Andalusi poets.

[edit] References

• Al Mutamid Ibn Abbad et son oeuvre poétique : étude des thèmes,

by Ridha Souissi, edition Université de Tunis, 1977.

• Form and structure in the poetry of Al-Mu?tamid Ibn ?Abbad

by Raymond P. Scheindlin, ed. Leiden : Brill, 1974

• Poesia / Al-Mutamid ; traduction, introduction and commnetary by Miguel José Hagerty

ed. Barcelona : Antoni Bosch, 1979

• Poesías / Al Mutamid Ibn Abbad ; antología bilingüe por María Jesús Rubiera Mata

by María Jesús Rubiera Mata, ed. Madrid : Instituto Hispano-Árabe de Cultura, Universidad de Sevilla, 1982

[edit] External links

• The Poet King of Seville
• The shrine of Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid in Aghmat near Marrakesh: [1]

Preceded by Abbad II al-Mu'tadid

Abbadid dynasty 1069–1091

Succeeded by Deposed by Yusuf ibn Tashfin (Almoravid dynasty)