Bobastro (

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origin, rebuilt as the headquarters of

Umar ibn Hafsun Umar ibn Hafsun ibn Ja'far ibn Salim ( ar, عمر بن حَفْصُون بن جَعْفَ بن سالم) (c. 850 – 917), known in Spanish history as Omar ben Hafsun, was a 9th-century political and military leader ...

during his rebellion against the

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in the 9th century. Its ruins lie in the

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. There had been a structure at the site since Roman times. In 880 AD, Umar ibn Hafsun settled in the ruins of the old castle of Bobastro near

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, in which he incited the Muwallads and

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to join his cause against the unfair, heavy taxation and humiliating treatment they were receiving at the hands of

Abd al-Rahman II Abd ar-Rahman II () (792–852) was the fourth ''Umayyad'' Emir of Córdoba in al-Andalus from 822 until his death. A vigorous and effective frontier warrior, he was also well known as a patron of the arts. Abd ar-Rahman was born in Toledo, the ...

and his successors. In 888, Al-Mundhir of Córdoba was murdered at Bobastro by his brother

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, who later succeeded him. The rebels constructed a church within the castle which lasted until the end of their autonomy on January 19, 928.Houtsma, M. Th. ''et al.'' (eds.) (1913–1936) ''Encyclopaedia of Islam: dictionary of the geography, ethnography and biography of the Muhammadan peoples'' (1st ed. in 4 vol.) E. J. Brill, London. "'OMAR b. ḤAFṢŪN", p. 981-2; reprinted in facsimile edition as ''E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936'' in 1987 The castle was still in use in 1147, but by the 13th century it was in ruins.

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