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Muluk al-Tawa'if: 'Abbadid of Seville, al-Mu'tadid 'Abbad, AH 433-461/ CE 1042-1069, Gold Dinar (3.91gm). Al-Andalus (Córdoba) mint, AH 438, citing posthumously al-imam Hisham (Hisham III, the last Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba). Ruler cited as Muhammad and al-hajib 'Abbad. Zeno 140639; cf. Miles 547 (dated 437); Album 401. Rare. Light obverse doubling. In NGC holder graded AU58 (erroneously attributed as "Umayyad al-Andalus, Hisham II, 1st Reign, AH 366"). Estimated Value $750
NGC Certification 4930815-040.
With the collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031, Islamic Spain fragmented into a collection of some 23 local dynasties known collectively as Muluk al-Tawa'if in Arabic and Reyes de Taifas in Spanish. Some were mere city-states. Others controlled considerable territories. The 'Abbadids of Seville proved to be the strongest of the Taifas. The 'Abbadids devoted much energy to extending their power over other Taifas but this weakened the Muslims of al-Andalus as a whole, to the advantage of neighboring Christian kings. When the Christian Alfonso VI of Castile captured Toledo in 1085, the 'Abbadid ruler Muhammad al-Mu'tamid called on the Berber Almoravids of North Africa for assistance. Alfonso was defeated but the Almoravids had gained a foothold in Spain. In 1095, al-Mu'tamid was overthrown by the Almoravid emir Yusuf ibn Tashufin and exiled to Morocco.
NGC Certification 4930815-040.
With the collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031, Islamic Spain fragmented into a collection of some 23 local dynasties known collectively as Muluk al-Tawa'if in Arabic and Reyes de Taifas in Spanish. Some were mere city-states. Others controlled considerable territories. The 'Abbadids of Seville proved to be the strongest of the Taifas. The 'Abbadids devoted much energy to extending their power over other Taifas but this weakened the Muslims of al-Andalus as a whole, to the advantage of neighboring Christian kings. When the Christian Alfonso VI of Castile captured Toledo in 1085, the 'Abbadid ruler Muhammad al-Mu'tamid called on the Berber Almoravids of North Africa for assistance. Alfonso was defeated but the Almoravids had gained a foothold in Spain. In 1095, al-Mu'tamid was overthrown by the Almoravid emir Yusuf ibn Tashufin and exiled to Morocco.