Al-Mundhir ( ar, المنذر بن محمد بن عبدالرحمن; c. 842 – 888) was

Emir of Córdoba Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

from 886 to 888. He was a member of the

Umayyad dynasty Umayyad dynasty ( ar, بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, Banū Umayya, Sons of Umayya) or Umayyads ( ar, الأمويون, al-Umawiyyūn) were the ruling family of the Caliphate between 661 and 750 and later of Al-Andalus between 756 and 1031. In t ...

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( Moorish

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), the son of Muhamad bin Abd al-Rahman.

Biography

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Born in Córdoba, during the reign of his father he commanded the military operations against the neighbouring Christian kingdoms and the Muwallad rebellions. In 865 he led the partially failed campaign against King Ordoño I of Asturias, in the

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valley. On his way back to Córdoba, he defeated

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, at

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, pushing the Cordoban frontier northwards. He also tried to conquer León, but he was defeated in 878 at Valdemora, by king Alfonso III of Asturias. Al-Mundhir launched an expedition against the Banu Qasi Muwallad family, who had allied with Alfonso III, but was again defeated in 883. The following year he was, however, able to expel the rebel emir Ibn Marwan from

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. In 886, upon his father's death, he inherited the throne of Córdoba. During the two years of his reign al-Mundhir continued the fight against the rebel

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 ...

. He died in 888 at Bobastro, possibly murdered by his brother

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, who succeeded him.

Sources

* 840s births 888 deaths Year of birth uncertain Emirs of Córdoba 9th-century rulers in Europe 9th-century Arabs People from Córdoba, Spain {{Al-Andalus-royal-stub