When Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo goes on an …
Years: 1009 - 1009
When Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo goes on an expedition against King Alfonso V of León in February 1009, a popular uprising in 1009 led by Muhammad II al-Mahdi, a member of the Umayyad dynasty, deposes both Sanchuelo and Hisham II, the latter being kept imprisoned in Cordoba under the new regime.
Muhammad destroys the residence of Sanchuelo, called al-Madina al-Zahira ("the flourishing city").
On receiving this news, Sanchuelo returns to Córdoba but his troops abandon him.
He is arrested by the order of al-Mahdi and assassinated on March 3.
Locations
People
- Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar
- Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
- Alfonso V of León
- Muhammad II of Córdoba
- Sancho García of Castile
- Sulayman ibn al-Hakam
Groups
- Arab people
- Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
- Moors
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Islam
- Saqaliba
- Navarre, Kingdom of
- León, Kingdom of
- Córdoba, (Umayyad) Caliphate of
