Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir

Ali ibn Hammud an-Nasir (Arabic علي بن حمود الناصر, ʿ Alī b DMG Hammud An-Nasir, -. ? March 22, 1018 ) was from 1016 to 1018 Caliph of Córdoba.

Ali ibn Hammud an-Nasir had built up after the outbreak of the turmoil in the Caliphate of Córdoba as governor of Ceuta and Tangier a strong power position between the warring parties, especially since his brother al -Qasim al - Ma'mun also Algeciras dominated. After the second enthronement of Sulaiman al - Mustain (1013-1016) Ali ibn Hammud made ​​contact with the Berber troops in Cordoba and was able to capture through their betrayal Sulaiman and put to death.

With Ali ibn Hammud the first non- Umayyade came to the throne of Caliph of Córdoba. Against this was a great-grandson of Abd ar -Rahman III in Valencia with Abd ar -Rahman IV. proclaimed caliph. Although these allied with the governor of Saragossa and the Count of Barcelona, but could the Hammudiden Córdoba claim. Ali, however, was assassinated in 1018 by his slaves. Was succeeded by his brother al -Qasim al - Ma'mun, who had previously been governor of Seville.