Rise of the Abbadid Dynasty of Seville

Name: Rise of the Abbadid Dynasty of Seville
Start: 1023
End: 1042

Type Event Region Europe Time 1023–1042

Around 1023 Seville's judge Abbad ibn Muhammad al-Qasim was appointed hajib, gradually sidelining the Cordoban caliph's authority in western Al-Andal…

Timeline

1023Seville · SevilleAbbad ibn Muhammad, of Arab noble origin and formerly qadi (judge) of Seville, was raised to the office of hajib as Cordoban central authority declined, seizing the city's military and political power.
1024–1035Guadalquivir basin · Al-AndalusThe Abbadid family ceased paying tribute to Córdoba, minted their own coinage, expanded their army, and annexed towns around Córdoba, bringing the Guadalquivir basin into their sphere; Seville became the taifa with the greatest population and wealth.

Sources

Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus — Hugh Kennedy (1996)
The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2A: The Indian Sub-Continent, South-East Asia, Africa and the Muslim West — P.M. Holt, Ann K.S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis (1977)