When ʿAbd al-Malik, al-Rashīd’s jealous son, assassinated the vizier in 1058, his father rewarded him with virtually caliphal standing and authority in the state. Extremely unpopular, ʿAbd al-Malik and his father were handed over to the ʿAbbādids by the Cordobans themselves when the Abbādids took the…
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