Ibn al-Raqā

Ibn al-Raqā was a vizier who served the Jahwarid dynasty in Córdoba, Spain. The Jahwarid dynasty emerged after the dissolution of the Umayyad caliphate of Córdoba in 1031, establishing a republic led by Abū al-Ḥazm Jahwar ibn Jahwar. His son, Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad al-Rashīd, eventually ceded authority to his vizier, Ibn al-Raqā. However, al-Rashīd's son, ʿAbd al-Malik, assassinated Ibn al-Raqā in 1058. The Jahwarid rule in Córdoba ended in 1069 when the city was taken by the ʿAbbāsids. A vizier was originally a chief minister or representative in various Muslim countries, a role that took shape during the 8th century under the Barmakid family in the ʿAbbāsid caliphate.12