Dhulnunid dynasty
The Dhulnunid dynasty or Dhunnunid dynasty, known in Arabic sources as Banū Dhī n-Nūn (
According to ibn 'Idhari, the family’s original name was Dhannūn, a common Berber name.
Origins
The Dhulnunids were a Berber family from the
With the decline of the Umayyad caliphate in the early 11th century, caliph Sulayman ibn al-Hakam granted Abd el-Rahman ibn Di-l-Nun the lordship of Santaver, Huete, Uclés and Cuenca, along with the title of Násir ad-Dawla. In 1018 this same Abd al-Rahman entrusted the government of Uclés to his son Ismaíl whom he also sent him to Toledo at the request of its people, who were dissatisfied with their rulers.[5]
The Taifa of Toledo
This dynasty provided the three rulers to the Taifa of Toledo:
- Ismail al-Zahir (1023–1043)
- Al-Mamun (1043–1075), son of Ismail.
- Yahya al-Qadir (1075–1080), grandson of Al-Mamun, also a ruler of the Taifa of Valencia.[3]
Al-Qadir was so unpopular that Toledo rebelled against him and he was obliged to seek the support of
References
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- ISBN 978-0-8014-6871-1. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Lane-Poole, Stanley (1894). The Mohammedan Dynasties. London: Archibald Constable and Companhy. p. 25.
- ^ a b c d Dunlop, D.M. (1942). "The Dhunnunids of Toledo" (PDF). The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 2: 77–96. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Isma'il b. Di-l-Nun". dbe.rah.es. Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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