Biography 
The kingdom of Seville during the reign of Al Mutamid
He inherited his father's poetic talent and ruthlessness. He succeeded to the throne of Seville in 1068. Large parts of al-Andalus fell under his domination in the west, it covers the country between the lower Guadalquivir River and the lower Guadiana , the regions around Niebla , Huelva and Saltes in 1052, Mertola and Silves (in southern Portugal Current) south-east and south areas of Morn , Arcos , Ronda , Algeciras in 1058, and Tarifa ; north and northeast, the country and its capital Cordoba Cordoba ( taken in 1070, lost in 1075, resumed in 1078) and on the part of the emirate of Toledo south of the Guadiana , and finally even to the east to Murcia and all its dependencies in 1079.
He had to pay tribute to Alfonso VI of Castile. This became threatening after the Christian reconquest of Toledo in 1085. al-Mu'tamid appealed to the Sultan Almoravid of Morocco , Youssef Ibn Tasufin , who defeated Alfonso VI, November 2, 1086 at Sagrajas (az-Zallaq) and then turned against his protege by taking, among other things, the kingdom of Seville. His attitude wavering between 1089 and 1090, led to the conquest of his kingdom by the Almoravids, who deposed in 1091 and then exiled him to Morocco, where he died in 1095 at Aghmat.
Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid is best known as a poet. In his poems written in exile, he recalls his past greatness, and gives as an example of the instability of fortune.
The cultural festival of Asilah , Morocco, has been appointed, he said, Universit Ibn Abbad Al Mouatamid.
Bibliography
- Ridha Souissi, Al Mutamid Ibn Abbad and his poetry: a study of themes, publishing University of Tunis, 1977.
- Raymond P. Scheindlin, Form and Structure in The Poetry of Ibn Abbad Al-Mutamid, ed. Brill, Leiden, 1974.
- Miguel Jos Hagerty, Poesia / Al-Mutamid, translation, introduction and commentary, ed. Antoni Bosch, Barcelona, 1979.
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ed. Madrid: Instituto Hispano-rabe de Cultura, Universidad de Sevilla, 1982.
- Reinhart Dozy, the last Emir of Seville, Milelli, 2009, ISBN 9782916590127.
- Al Mutamid Ibn Abbad, "in Charles Weiss , Biography universal or historical dictionary containing the obituary of famous men of all countries, 1841 References
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