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Abbadids (ă`bədĭdz), Arab dynasty in Spain that ruled Seville Seville (səvĭl`, sĕ`–), Span. Sevilla, city (1990 pop. 678,218), capital of Seville prov.
..... Click the link for more information. from 1023 to 1091. Taking advantage of the disintegration of the caliphate of Córdoba Córdoba or Cordova (both: kôr`dōvä), city (1990 pop. 307,275), capital of Córdoba prov.
..... Click the link for more information. , the cadi [judge-governor] of Seville seized power and became (1023) king of the newly founded state as Abbad I. His son, who succeeded him in 1042 as Abbad II, made Seville the most powerful kingdom in S Spain. He was noted for his cruelty. He was succeeded in 1069 by his son, Abbad III (al-Mutamid), a poet and a great patron of the arts, but an inept ruler. Seeking military support against Alfonso VI Alfonso VI, 1030–1109, Spanish king of León (1065–1109) and Castile (1072–1109). He inherited León from his father, Ferdinand I. Defeated by his brother Sancho II of Castile, he fled to the Moorish court of Toledo.
..... Click the link for more information. of León and Castile, Abbad called in the Almoravids Almoravids (ălmôr`əvĭdz), Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Muslim Spain in the 11th and 12th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. from Morocco. They defeated Alfonso in 1086 but deposed (1091) Abbad, who died in exile.