Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad

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This article is about the Andalusi Arabic poet who was also the Abbadid king of Seville. For the 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 Al-Andalus from Abbadid dynasty.

After the death of his father Abbad II al-Mu'tadid he inherited his kingdom 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). In 1091 his kingdom was overthrown by the Almoravids and he was deposed.

Al-Mu'tamid was the beloved, as well as the patron of the Andalusi Arabic poet Ibn Ammar. Their relationship was stormy, and came to an end when Al Mutamid killed the poet with his own hands, only to bury him with great honors.^[1] He is also considered, in his own right, one of the greatest of the Andalusi poets. Also the Sicilian Arabic poet Ibn Hamdis was guest and friend of him.

Al-Mu'tamid was also the father-in-law, through his son, Fath al-Mamun, (d. 1091), of Zaida, mistress, and possibly wife, of Alfonso VI of Castile.

See more information in Abbadid dynasty page.

Differently from what some said, Zaida (Isabella) was daughter of Al-Mutamid and not wife of the son, as is said by the Arab scholars in Morocco and such information is iscribed in her grave, zaida daughter of Abu Abbad King of Siville.

[edit] References

1. ^ Louis Crompton, Homosexuality and Civilization, p.167

[edit] Literature

• 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. 

[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)