Hammu ibn Abd al-Haqq ibn Rahhu was a Marinid prince who served as shaykh al-ghuzat (chief of the Volunteers of the Faith) in the Nasrid Emirate of Granada during the reigns of Muhammad III (Template:Ruled) and Nasr (Template:Ruled).[1] He unsuccessfully rebelled against the Marinid Sultan Abu al-Rabi Sulayman (Template:Ruled) in North Africa. Like many dissident princes, he was exiled to Granada to join the "Volunteers of the Faith", a military corps made up of North Africans who fought to defend Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula.[2] Under Muhammad III, he commanded the troops that captured Bedmar from Castile in April 1302, two weeks after the Sultan's accession.[3] When another Marinid prince Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula entered the Nasrid service, he was given command of the Volunteers in Malaga and the western territories, while Hammu ibn al-Haqq kept the command in Granada.[2] He kept the post after Muhammad III was deposed and replaced by his brother Nasr.[4] When a rebellion broke out against Nasr in favor of his nephew Ismail I, Hammu remained loyal while Uthman sided with Ismail.[5] The rebellion was ultimately successful, Nasr abdicated in 1314 while Hammu lost his post and followed Nasr to exile in Guadix.[5][2]
Footnotes[]
- ↑ Manzano Rodríguez 1992, p. 370.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Manzano Rodríguez 1992, p. 345.
- ↑ Harvey 1992, p. 167.
- ↑ Manzano Rodríguez 1992, p. 351.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Harvey 1992, p. 180.
Sources[]
- Harvey, L. P. (1992). Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-31962-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=td3tcLWvSNkC.
- Manzano Rodríguez, Miguel Angel (1992) (in Spanish). La intervención de los Benimerines en la Península Ibérica. Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. ISBN 978-84-00-07220-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=XFiBHiEuHucC.
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