Abbadid dynasty

The Abbadids were an Arab dynasty in Seville ( 1023-1091 ).

With the decline of the Caliphate of Córdoba after 1009 and the emergence of the Taifa kingdoms to Sevilla made ​​in 1023 under Abbad I, born as Abu al -Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad, independently (see: Caliphate of Córdoba). The dynasty continued its lineage back to the Lakhmids of Hira. Abbad I. died in 1042. Among his followers, his son Abbad II al - Mu'tadid ( 1042-1069 ) and his grandson Mohammad al - Mutamid ( 1069-1091 ), rose Seville, in the fight against the Berber kingdom in Al- Andalus, the most powerful Taifa kingdom on. Although the Abbadids suffered against the Zirids of Granada 1039 a heavy defeat, but were subjected to, and others Huelva 1052 Hammudiden of Algeciras 1058 and the Dschahwariden of Córdoba 1069.

However, the Abbadids already in 1063 had to acknowledge the supremacy of Castile and pay tribute. As Castile conquered Toledo in 1085, Muhammad al- Mutamid called the Almoravids from Morocco to help. This defeated the Castilians in 1086 Zallaqa and initially stopped the Christian advances to Andalusia. Due to lack of support in the fight against the Christians translated the Almoravids in 1091 and annexed the Abbadids from Sevilla and the other Taifa kingdoms. Al- Mutamid was exiled to Morocco, where he died in 1095 Agmat.

Even during the Umayyadenherrschaft due to the agricultural hinterland and trade with North Africa an important economic center, Sevilla rose now also the most important cultural center in Andalusia. How many taifa rulers encouraged the rulers of the Abbadids Culture and Science, and Al - Mutamid was also a major poet of this time. In addition, such well-known poets such as Ibn Ammar and Ibn Zaidun lived at the court of Abbadids.

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