Hisham III of Córdoba
| Hisham bin Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Malik هشام بن محمد بن عبد الملك | |||||
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| Last and 11thCaliph of Córdoba | |||||
| Reign | 1026–1031 | ||||
| Predecessor | Muhammad III | ||||
| Successor | Title extinct | ||||
| Born | 973 | ||||
| Died | 1036 (aged 62–63) Balaguer | ||||
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| Dynasty | Umayyad | ||||
| Father | Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Malik binAbd ar-Rahman III | ||||
| Mother | 'Ateb | ||||
| Religion | SunniIslam | ||||
Hisham III(Arabic:هشام الثالث in full المعتد بالله” هشام بن محمد) was the lastUmayyadruler in theAl-Andalus(MoorishIberia) (1026–1031), and the last person to hold the titleCaliph of Córdoba.
Hisham III, the brother ofAbd ar-Rahman IV,was chosen as Caliph after long negotiations between the governors of the border regions and the people ofCórdoba.He could not enter Córdoba until 1029 as the city was occupied by theBerberarmies of theHammudids.
Although he tried to consolidate the Caliphate, the raising of taxes (to pay for mosques amongst other things) led to heavy opposition from the Muslim clerics. After the murder of his Vizier al-Hakam by a conspiracy of Cordoban Patricians, Hisham was imprisoned. He managed to escape, but died in exile in 1036 inBalaguer.
After the Caliphate fell with the overthrow of Hisham III in 1031, the Caliphate's land holdings—already much diminished from its height in power just 100 years past—devolved into a number of militarily weak but culturally advancedtaifas.
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