al-Muʿtamid Muḥammad ibn ʿAbbād al-Lakhmī, 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 A
Billon dirham coin of al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
Column of Al-Mutamid, Jardines de los Reales Alcázares [es], Alcázar of Seville
Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad's tomb in Aghmat, Morocco.
The Battle of Sagrajas, also called Zalaca or Zallaqah, was a conflict fought in 1086 between the Almoravid army, led by their king, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, and the forces of King Alfonso VI of Castile. Th
Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
…from the Berber Almoravids of Morocco against the Castilian king. Al-Mu'tamid supported the Almoravid ruler Yusuf ibn Tashfin against Alfonso in the Battle of Sagrajas in 1086. The Almoravids established themselves at Algeciras and, after defeating the Christians, occupied all the Islamic taifas, including Seville…
Painting of King Alfonso entering Toledo.
The strait through which the Almoravids crossed into Iberia.
The Yana River by which the two armies camped.