Muhammad ibn Lubb

Muhammad ibn Lubb ibn Musa (? - outskirts of Saraqusta, 898), was a Muslim sayyid who held the mudun of Saraqusta and Lārida,[1][2] in the Upper March (Arabic: الثغر الأعلى ‎, Aṯ-Ṯaḡr al-Aʿlà) of Al-Andalus.

Family

Muhammad was son to Lubb ibn Musa (and thus grandson to the famous Musa ibn Musa Al-Qasawi), from the prominent Muwallad Muslim Banu Qasi clan (Arabic: بنو قسي‎), of Visigothic or Hispano-Roman extraction.

He had at least six sons:

The brothers began to quarrel among themselves, thus provoking, to a great extent, the complete dismantling of Banu Qasi dinasty's power throughout the Ibruh valley.

Biography

When his father and his uncles revolted against Amir Muhammad I of Qurtuba, Muhammad ibn Lubb supported the central power leading an army that defeated his own uncle, Isma'il ibn Musa.[1][2]

In 882, he had already conquered Saraqusta, where he pretended to place himself as an independent lord,[1][2] but the constant pressure of the Arab Banu Tujibi clan (Arabic: بنو تجيب‎), forced him into the choice of selling the madīnah to the Amir by 885.[1][2] It is presumed that Raimon, count of Pallars, was his brother-in-law; since he acted as intermediary in the purchase.[2]

After further family disputes, and with the ascendancy of Abd Allah to the throne of Qurtuba, Muhammad's pact with the new Amir led him to be appointed new wali of Lārida (contrarily to the pretensions that the wali of Washka, the also Muwallad Muhammad al-Tawil, had to such dignity).[1][2] But Muhammad then ceded the dignity to his son Lubb.[1][2]

In 897, Muhammad conquered Tulaytula.[2]

In 898, he initiated a new campaign to recover Saraqusta, but died during its siege[1] surprised by an enemy warrior while he was resting, in October 8.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mestre, 1998: p. 722, entry: "Muhammad ibn Llop"
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Muḥammad ibn Llop.
  3. ↑ A. Cañada, 1980: p. 68-70

Bibliography

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