Muslim Rulers of Al-Andalus

A chronological list of Muslim rulers in Al-Andalus.

The Umayyad state

Emirs

  • Abd al-Rahman I (755-788)
  • Hisham I (788-796)
  • Al-Hakam I (796-822)
  • Abd al-Rahman II (822-852)
  • Muhammad I (852-886)
  • Al-Mundir (886-888)
  • Abd Allah (888-912)
  • Abd al-Rahman III (912-929)

Caliphs

  • Abd al-Rahman III (929-961)
  • Al-Hakam II al-Mustansir (961-976)
  • Hisham II al-Muayyad (976-1009, 1010-1013)
  • Muhammad II al-Mahdi (1008-1010). A great-grand-son of Abd al-Rahman III.
  • Sulayman ibn al-Hakan ibn Sulayman al-Mustain (1009-1010, 1013-1016)
  • Alí ibn Hammud (1016-1018)
  • Abd al-Rahman IV (1018)
  • Al-Qasim ibn Hammud (1018-1021, 1023)
  • Yahya ibn Alí ibn Hammud (1021-1023, 1025-1027)
  • Abd al-Rahman V (1023-1024)
  • Muhammad III (1024-1025)
  • Hisham III (1027-1031)

Viziers of note:

  • Muhammad Al-Mansur ibn Abi Amir (976-1002)
  • Adb al-Malik Al-Muzaffar (1002-1008)

Taifa Kingdoms

See separate page on the Taifa Kingdoms

Moroccan fundamentalists

Almoravids (al-Murabitun) 1086 – 1147

The most likely origin of the name al-Murabitun is “band of fighters” based on a line in the Quran. An alternative meaning is “dwellers in a ribat (fortress monastery)”. They were also called al-Mulathimun (“the veiled ones”) due to their habit of wearing veils that only left their eyes visible.

Rulers

  • Yusuf ibn Tashufín (1061-1106)
  • Alí ibn Yusuf (1106-1143)
  • Tashufín (1143-1145)

Almohads (al-Muwahhidun) 1150 – 1250

Al-Muwahhidun means “those who affirm the unity of God”.

Rulers

  • Abd al-Muminin in al-Andalus (1146-1163)
  • Yusuf I (1163-1184)
  • Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199)
  • Muhammad al-Nasir (1199-1213)
  • Yusuf II al-Mustansir (1213-1224)
  • Abd al-Wahid al-Mailu (1224)
  • Abd Allah al-Adil (1224-1227)
  • Yahya al-Mutasim bi-Allah (1227-1229)
  • Idrís al-Mamun (1227-1232)

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