Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun ibn Hammud (, died 1036) was an
Arab
Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world.
Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
Caliph of
Córdoba in
Muslim Spain
Al-Andalus () was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name refers to the different Muslim states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most o ...
for two periods, 1018 to 1021, and again for a short time in 1023 until he was driven from the city. He was the brother of the deposed
Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir
Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir () (d. 22 March 1018) was the sixth Caliph of Córdoba from 1016 until his death. He was a member of the Hammudid dynasty of Al-Andalus.
He was named governor of Ceuta after 1013 by caliph Sulayman ibn al-Hakam. Taking ...
.
His reign was described in
Ibn al-Khatib's ''A'mal al-a'lam''.
This was during a short period when the caliphate was held by the
Hammudid dynasty
The Hammudid dynasty () was an Arab Muslim family that briefly ruled the Caliphate of CórdobaLane-Poole (1894), p.21 and the taifas of Málaga and Algeciras and nominal control in Ceuta.
The dynasty
The dynasty is named after their ancestor, Ha ...
.
References
Hammudid caliphs of Córdoba
11th-century caliphs of Córdoba
11th-century Arab people
Year of birth unknown
Place of birth unknown
11th-century deaths
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