Ibn al-Qitt explained

Abu'l-Qasim Ahmad ibn Mu'awiya ibn Muhammad ibn Hisham ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya, known as Ibn al-Qitt (died 901), was an Umayyad rebel and self-proclaimed Mahdi in the Emirate of Córdoba.

A member of the Umayyad royal family, he was a great-great-grandson of Hisham I of Córdoba. Convinced by the ascetic Abu Ali al-Sarrai (possibly an Isma'ili Shia agent sowing discord), who presented him as Mahdi, Ibn al-Qitt rebelled against the emiral rule of Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi in Córdoba,[1] and waged a Jihad against Christians. Apparently followed in his rebellion by Berbers (including and Kutama tribes)[2] from Llano de los Pedroches, sierra de Almadén, Trujillo, the Guadiana basin, south-west Iberia, Toledo, Talavera and Santaver,[3] his first military operation in Christian lands was an attack in 901 AD against Zamora,[4] where, following the defection of a number of Berber chieftains, he was reportedly captured and beheaded.[5]

Notes and References

  1. ¿Hubo propaganda fatimí entre los Kutama andalusíes?. Maribel. Fierro. Al-Qantara: Revista de Estudios Árabes. 0211-3589. 25. 1. 2004. 239. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Madrid. 10.3989/alqantara.2004.v25.i1.155.
  2. Book: Makki, Mahmoud. https://books.google.com/books?id=cbfORLWv1HkC&pg=PA33. 33. The Legacy of Muslim Spain. Salma Khadra. Jayyusi. 2nd. EJ Brill. Leiden, New York, Köln. 1994. The Political History of al-Andalus (92/711-897/1492). 90-04-09599-3.
  3. Cristianos en contextos arabizados e islamizados en la Península Ibérica. 123. 0213-2060. Fierro. Maribel. Studia Historica, Historia Medieval. 27. 2009. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. Salamanca.
  4. Book: Gutiérrez González, José Avelino. 84-87739-40-7. Civitas : MC aniversario de la Ciudad de Zamora. 1993. Orígenes y evolución urbana de zamora. 24. Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Cultura y Turismo .
  5. Book: Herrero Soto, Omayra. 313–314. El perdón del gobernante (al-Andalus, ss. II/VIII-V/XI). Una aproximación a los valores político-religiosos de una sociedad islámica pre-moderna. Universidad de Salamanca. Salamanca. 2012.

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