Al-Hakam II, also known as Abū al-ʿĀṣ al-Mustanṣir bi-Llāh al-Hakam b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, was the Caliph of Córdoba. He was the second Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba in Al-Andalus, and son of Abd-al-Rahman III and Murjan. He ruled from 961 to 976.
Al-Hakam II
Dinar of al-Hakam II, 969 AD
Dirham of al-Hakam II
Medina Azahara, completed by Al-Hakam II
The Caliphate of Córdoba, also known as the Córdoban Caliphate, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 929 to 1031. Its territory comprised most of Iberia and parts of North Africa, with its capital in Córdoba. It succeeded the Emirate of Córdoba upon the self-proclamation of Umayyad emir Abd ar-Rahman III as caliph in January 929. The period was characterized by an expansion of trade and culture, and saw the construction of masterpieces of Andalusi architecture.
Gold dinar of Hisham II, dated 396 AH (1006–7 AD)
Exterior of the Great Mosque
The Pyxis of al-Mughira, a carved ivory casket made at Madinat al-Zahra dated to 968
Vegetal motifs and figurative imagery carved in ivory on the Leyre Casket, made in 1004–1005