Ibn Marwan

Ibn Marwan ( عبدالرحمن بن مروان بن یونس 'Abd ar Rahman ibn Marwan ibn Yūnus, also known as ابن الجلیقی Ibn al - Djillīqui, ie' son of the Galiciers " ) ( † 889, Badajoz ), was a Moorish rulers in the west of Andalusia and a rebel who repeatedly rebelled against the Umayyad Emir Muhammad I of Córdoba.

His family came from Galicia and Northern Portugal, had converted to Islam and had settled in Mérida. Although the Emir Muhammad I had appointed his father Marwan ibn Yūnus governor of Mérida, Ibn Marwan led to succeed his father at an uprising of Muladis and Mozarabs against the Umayyad rulers. But he had to concede defeat and withdraw to Córdoba, where he held until 875 yard. At this time, he rose from the fortress in the castle Alange a second time against Muhammad I was again struck by this, and received from him Badajoz assigned as the place of residence. Together with the rulers converted to Islam from Porto, Sadun al - Surunbaki, and King Alfonso III. of Asturias, Ibn Marwan allied in the following year against Muhammad I, whose General Hashim ibn Abd al - Aziz took in an ambush in the Serra da Estrela caught and delivered him from King Alfonso. For fear of retaliation by the Emir Ibn Marwan lived for eight years in the dominated Christian area. After his return to Badajoz in 884 he could establish the rule over an area to the west of Mérida and handed in the east to Marvão with the consent of the Emir.

His son Marwan ibn Abd ar -Rahman and his descendants ( Marwaniden ) reigned until the year 928, when Caliph Abd ar -Rahman III. of Cordoba, the area subjected again. After the breakup of the Caliphate in the 11th century, the Aftasiden built again an independent emirate in Badajoz.