Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam ibn Darar al-Kalbi explained

Abu'l-Khattar al-Husam ibn Darar al-Kalbi (Arabic: أبو الخطار الحسام بن ضرار الكلبي) was Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus from May 743 until August 745.^[1] He was succeeded by Tuwaba ibn Salama al-Gudami. Whilst governor he was ordered by the caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik to restore lands to Sara al-Qutiyya that had been appropriated by her uncle.^[2]

He was taken prisoner by the Ma'addites at the Battle of Secunda in 747 whilst trying to re-assert his right to rule against the challenge of Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri.^[3]

See also

• Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian peninsula

Notes and References

1. Díez, Gonzalo Martínez. (2005). El condado de Castilla, 711-1038. Marcial Pons Historia., p. 743.
2. MARÍN-GUZMÁN . ROBERTO . 1993 . SOCIAL AND ETHNIC TENSIONS IN AL-ANDALUS: CASES OF ISHBĪLIYAH (SEVILLA) 276/889—302/914 AND ILBĪRAH (ELVIRA) 276/889—284/897— THE ROLE OF 'UMAR IBN ḤAFṢŪN . Islamic Studies . 32 . 3 . 279–318 . 0578-8072.
3. Dozy, Reinhart and Stokes, Francis Griffin (2003). Spanish Islam: A History of the Muslims in Spain. Kessinger Publishing., pp. 145-156.