Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (or Abbad I; 984 – 25 January 1042) () was the

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ous founder of the Abbadid dynasty; he was the first independent Muslim ruler of

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul ...

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(ruled 1023–1042), dying in 1042. The

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(religious judge) Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad was named

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of Seville by caliph Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali in 1023. However, with the

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losing integrity, the Abbadids, a Sevillan family of Arabic origins, seized control. As a result, later in 1023, Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad declared Seville independent from Córdoban rule,Encyclopædia Britannica
Retrieved 17 September 2011 establishing the taifa of Seville.

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984 births 1042 deaths Abbadid dynasty 11th-century rulers in Al-Andalus 11th-century Arabs {{Al-Andalus-royal-stub