—the fortunes of al-Qāsim soon ebbed, and al-Muʿtalī gained control of Algeciras (al-Jazīrah al-Khaḍrāʾ). His mother, too, was of ʿAlid descent. He then styled himself “Commander of the Faithful,” his authority swelled, and he entered Córdoba once more. He likewise took the outlying fortresses before 420 AH, after which he besieged Seville, whose leading figure was the judge Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād. Several horsemen rode out to challenge him to single combat; al-Muʿtalī—while intoxicated—pressed forward to fight them himself, and they killed him in Muḥarram 427 AH. His son Idrīs followed him in power.

That same year witnessed the death of the emir al-Muʿtadd bi-Allah, Abū Bakr Hishām ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-Nāṣir al-Marwānī. He had been given the pledge of allegiance, and the steward of Córdoba, Abū al-Ḥazm Jahwar ibn Muḥammad, managed his affairs; they installed him in 418 AH. For three years he drifted about the frontier districts, while rebellions, calamities, and upheaval broke out. The troops then deposed and disgraced him, so he sought refuge with Ibn Hūd in Zaragoza, where he remained until he died at the age of sixty-three. He was the last of the Marwānid line.

362 – Ibn Shihab, al-Ḥasan ibn Shihab ibn al-Ḥasan al-ʿUkbarī *

The imam, peerless scholar, elegant scribe, and accomplished calligrapher Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Shihab ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-ʿUkbarī, the Hanbali jurist.

Born: 335 AH.

He began the study of hadith in adulthood, hearing traditions from Abū ʿAlī ibn al-Ṣawwāf,