Fragmentation of Power in Córdoba after al-Mansur

Name: Fragmentation of Power in Córdoba after al-Mansur
Start: 1002
End: 1025

Type Event Region Europe Time 1002–1025

After al-Mansur's death in 1002, his son briefly held the chancellorship but died of plague in 1008;…

Timeline

1002–1008Medinaceli · Al-AndalusAfter al-Mansur's death, his son Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar inherited the office of hajib (chamberlain) and continued to control the government, but failed to rebuild his father's military dictatorship; court factions quickly intensified their conflicts.
1021–1025Córdoba · CórdobaBy 1021, Berber generals and Slavic guards each controlled parts of Córdoba; the caliphal court could no longer command the army or finances, and provincial governors refused central orders, making fragmentation irreversible.

Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus — Hugh Kennedy (1996)
The Caliphate of Córdoba — Peter C. Scales (1994)