Al-Hakam Al-Hakam I

770 (age 52)

Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Spain

In the mean time Sulayman attacked Cordoba, but was defeated and driven back to Mérida where he was captured and executed. Abdallah was pardoned, but was forced to stay in Valencia. Al-Hakam spent much of his reign suppressing rebellions in Toledo, Saragossa and Mérida. The uprisings twice reached Cordoba. When the plot was discovered, on 16 November 806 72 nobles (accounts talk of 5,000) were massacred at a banquet, crucified and displayed along the banks of the river Guadalquivir. Rabi was later removed and executed by crucifixion for alleged misappropriations. In 818 he crushed a rebellion led by clerics in the suburb of al-Ribad on the south bank of the Guadalquivir river. Some 300 notables were captured and crucified, while the rest of the inhabitants were exiled. Some moved to Alexandria in Egypt, some to Fez and Crete. Others joined the Levantine pirates. Al-Hakam I died in 822 after having ruled for 26 years. Al-Hakam was the son of Hisham I, Emir of Cordoba and a concubine named Zokhrouf. Al Hakam was the father of: Abd ar-Rahman II, Umayyad Emir of Córdoba 822–852 al-Mughira Said Umayya al-Walid bin al-Hakam. He led an army to attack Galicia in 838. Al-Hakam had a concubine named Ajab. The leper colony was funded by the proceeds of the Munyat 'Ajab, an estate built for or named after Ajab. Ajab was the mother of: Abu Abd Al-Malik Marwan Another concubine was named Mut'a. She established a cemetery which was still in existence in the 10th century.

Al-Hakam Al-Hakam I

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politician Emir of Córdoba

Background

Al-Hakam was the second son of his father, his older brother having died at an early age.

Career

In the mean time Sulayman attacked Cordoba, but was defeated and driven back to Mérida where he was captured and executed. Abdallah was pardoned, but was forced to stay in Valencia. Al-Hakam spent much of his reign suppressing rebellions in Toledo, Saragossa and Mérida.

The uprisings twice reached Cordoba. When the plot was discovered, on 16 November 806 72 nobles (accounts talk of 5,000) were massacred at a banquet, crucified and displayed along the banks of the river Guadalquivir. Rabi was later removed and executed by crucifixion for alleged misappropriations.

In 818 he crushed a rebellion led by clerics in the suburb of al-Ribad on the south bank of the Guadalquivir river. Some 300 notables were captured and crucified, while the rest of the inhabitants were exiled. Some moved to Alexandria in Egypt, some to Fez and Crete.

Others joined the Levantine pirates. Al-Hakam I died in 822 after having ruled for 26 years. Al-Hakam was the son of Hisham I, Emir of Cordoba and a concubine named Zokhrouf.

Al Hakam was the father of:

Abd ar-Rahman II, Umayyad Emir of Córdoba 822–852

al-Mughira

Said

Umayya

al-Walid bin al-Hakam. He led an army to attack Galicia in 838. Al-Hakam had a concubine named Ajab.

The leper colony was funded by the proceeds of the Munyat 'Ajab, an estate built for or named after Ajab. Ajab was the mother of:

Abu Abd Al-Malik Marwan

Another concubine was named Mut'a. She established a cemetery which was still in existence in the 10th century.

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