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Hisham II

Hisham II

966 CE1013 CE · Córdoba, Spain

Hisham II (966-1013) was the third Caliph of Cordoba, who came to the throne as a child in 976. For most of his reign real power lay with the chamberlain (hajib) Almanzor and his sons, while Hisham remained largely a figurehead. His reign was interrupted and the caliphate itself descended into civil war (the fitna) in the early eleventh century. He died in 1013 amid the disintegration of the Cordoban state.

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Córdoba, Spain

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al-Hakam II, Almanzor (al-Mansur ibn Abi Aamir)

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