Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid

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This article is about the Andalusi Arabic poet who was also the Abbadid king of Seville. For Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tamid, see Al-Mu'tamid.

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.

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Souissi, Ridha (1977). Al Mutamid Ibn Abbad et son oeuvre poétique : étude des thèmes. Université de Tunis.
Scheindlin, Raymond P. (1974). Form and structure in the poetry of Al-Mutamid Ibn Abbad. Leiden: Brill.
Hagerty ed., Miguel José (1979). Poesia / Al-Mutamid. Barcelona: Antoni Bosch.
Rubiera Mata ed., María Jesús (1982). Poesías / Al Mutamid Ibn Abbad. Madrid: Universidad de Sevilla.