Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad

Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
Billon dirham coin of al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
Emir of the Seville Taifa
Reign1069–1091
PredecessorAbbad II al-Mu'tadid
SuccessorYusuf ibn Tashfin (as Almoravid ruler)
Bornc. 1040
Beja, Al-Andalus
Diedc. 1095
Aghmat, Almoravid Empire (now Morocco)
Burial
SpouseAl-Rumaikiyya
ChildrenButhaina (daughter)
Names
Al-Mu'tamid Muhammad ibn Abbad Ibn Ismail al-Lakhmi
(Arabic: المعتمد محمد ابن عباد بن اسماعيل اللخمي)
DynastyAbbadid
FatherAbbad II al-Mu'tadid
ReligionSunni Islam
Column of Al-Mutamid, Jardines de los Reales Alcázares [es], Alcázar of Seville

Al-Mu'tamid Muhammad ibn Abbad al-Lakhmi (Arabic: المعتمد محمد ابن عباد بن اسماعيل اللخمي; reigned c. 1069–1091, lived 1040–1095),[1] also known as Abbad III, was the third and last ruler of the Taifa of Seville in Al-Andalus, as well as a renowned poet. He was the final ruler of the Arab Abbadid dynasty of Seville, before being deposed by the Almoravids in 1091.

  1. ^ Scheindlin, Raymond P. (1974). Forme and Structure in the Poetry of Al-Muʿtamid Ibn ʿAbbād. Brill Archive. ISBN 9789004038905.