Ahmad ibn Sulayman al-Muqtadir (or just Moctadir; , ''Abu Ja'far Ahmad al-Muqtadir bi-Llah ibn Sulayman'') was a member of the

Banu Hud The Banu Hud ( ', the Hudid dynasty) were an Arab dynasty that ruled the ' of Zaragoza from 1039 until 1110. The Hudid dynasty descends from Hud ibn Abd Allah ibn Musa ibn Salem al-Judhami (d. ca. 960). In 1039, under the leadership of Al-Mus ...

family who ruled the Islamic

taifa of Zaragoza The taifa of Zaragoza () was an independent Arab Muslim state in the east of Al-Andalus (present-day Spain) with its capital in Saraqusta (Zaragoza) city. It was established in the early 11th century as one of the many Taifa kingdoms that foll ...

, in what is now

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, from 1049 to 1081. He was the son of the previous ruler, Al-Mustain I, Sulayman ibn Hud al-Judhami.

References

* See '' Al-Moctadir'', RNE, 1984, by Encarnación Ferré. Emirs of Zaragoza 11th-century monarchs in Al-Andalus Banu Hud 11th-century Arab people {{Al-Andalus-royal-stub