Abu l-Hattar al Husam ibn Darar al-Kalbi

Abu l-Hattar al Husam ibn Darar al-Kalbi (Arabic: أبو الخطار الحسام بن ضرار الكلبي‎) was Umayyad governor of Al Andalus from May 743 until August 745.^[1] He was succeeded by Tuwaba ibn Salama al-Gudami.

He was taken prisoner by the Ma'addites at the Battle of Secunda in 747 whilst trying to re-assert his right to rule against the challenge of Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri.^[2]

See also

• Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian peninsula

References

1. Díez, Gonzalo Martínez. (2005). El condado de Castilla, 711-1038. Marcial Pons Historia. ISBN 978-84-95379-94-8, p. 743.
2. Dozy, Reinhart and Stokes, Francis Griffin (2003). Spanish Islam: A History of the Muslims in Spain. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7661-7823-6, pp. 145-156.