Almanzor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Almanzor

ruler of Al-Andalus

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-0039

Place of Birth: Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 11-Aug-1561

Profession: politician, Fucking

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Almanzor

  • Abu ?Amir Mu?ammad ibn ?Abdullah ibn Abi ?Amir al-Ma?afiri (Arabic: ??? ???? ???? ?? ??? ???? ?? ??? ???? ?????????), nicknamed al-Man?ur (Arabic: ????????, "the Victorious"),, usually called simply Almanzor (c.
  • 938 – 8 August 1002), was an al-Andalus military leader and politician, chancellor of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba and hajib (chamberlain) from Caliph Hisham II. Born in an alqueria on the outskirts of Torrox to a family of Yemeni Arab origin with some juridical ancestors, ibn Abi ?Amir left for Córdoba when still young to be trained as a Faqih.
  • After a few humble beginnings, he joined the court administration and soon gained the confidence of Subh, mother of the children of Caliph Al-Hakam II.
  • Thanks to her patronage and his own efficiency, he quickly expanded his role.During the caliphate of Al-Hakam II, he held several important administrative positions, including director of the mint (967), administrator for Subh and her children, and for intestate inheritances, and quartermaster for the army of General Ghalib ibn Abd al-Rahman (973).
  • The death of the caliph in 976 marked the beginning of the domination of the Caliphate by this functionary, which continued beyond his death with the government of two of his sons, first Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar and then Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, up to 1009.
  • As chamberlain of the caliphate (from 978), he exercised extraordinary power in the al-Andalus state, throughout the Iberian peninsula and in part of the Maghreb, while Caliph, Hisham II was reduced almost to figurehead status.His portentous rise to power has been explained by an insatiable thirst for dominance, but historian Eduardo Manzano Moreno warns that "it must be understood within the framework of the complex internal struggles that developed within the Umayyad administration."He received the pragmatic support of religious authorities for his control of political power, though not without without periodic tensions between them.
  • The basis of his power was his defense of jihad, which he proclaimed in the name of the Caliph.
  • His image as a champion of Islam served to justify his assumption of governmental authority.
  • Having monopolized political dominance in the caliphate, he carried out profound reforms in both foreign and domestic politics.He made numerous victorious campaigns in both the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula.
  • On the peninsula, his incursions against the Christian kingdoms, temporarily halted their advance southward, though despite his numerous military triumphs he regained little territory.

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