← Explore on the interactive map
Yahya ibn Ali
Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali was a member of the Hammudid dynasty who became governor of Ceuta in 1016, twice served as caliph of Cordoba (102…
Timeline
- 1001–1010Ceuta · CeutaIn the early eleventh century the Umayyad caliph of Cordoba, Sulayman, granted Ceuta, Tangier, and other strategic strait points to the Hammudid family. Yahya was a son of his father Ali ibn Hammud; the family profited from controlling trade through the Strait of Gibraltar, laying the groundwork for later intervention in Andalusian politics.
- 1016–1021Ceuta · CeutaAfter Ali ibn Hammud captured Cordoba in 1016 and proclaimed himself caliph, he appointed Yahya to succeed him as governor of Ceuta. After Ali was assassinated in 1018, Yahya refused to recognize his uncle Qasim and led a Berber army through Malaga toward Cordoba.
Sources
- Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_ibn_Ali_ibn_Hammud_al-Mu%27tali
- Hammudid dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammudid_dynasty
- Rulers and Realms in Medieval Iberia, 711-1492 — Timothy M. Flood (2018)