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Hisham II

Hisham II
ھشام المؤيد بالله
al-Mu'ayyad bi'llah
Silver Dirham of Hisham II, minted in Córdoba in 393 AH (1002 AD)
3rd Caliph of Córdoba
1st reign16 October 976 – 15 February 1009
PredecessorAl-Hakam II
SuccessorMuhammad II
2nd reign23 July 1010 – 19 April 1013
PredecessorSulayman ibn al-Hakam
SuccessorSulayman ibn al-Hakam
Born966
Córdoba
Died19 April 1013(1013-04-19) (aged 46–47)
Córdoba
FatherAl-Hakam II
MotherSubh
ReligionIslam

Hisham II or Abu'l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah (ابو الولید ھشام المؤيد بالله, Abū'l-Walīd Hishām al-Muʾayyad bi-ʾllāh) (son of Al-Hakam II and Subh of Córdoba) was the third Umayyad Caliph of Spain, in Al-Andalus from 976 to 1009, and from 1010 to 1013.[1]

  1. ^ Brill, E. J. (1993). First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936, Volume 3. BRILL. ISBN 978-9004097964. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

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