He died after suffering a stroke in Ṣafar of the year 366 AH.
He left one son, Hishām, who was installed as caliph under the direction of the vizier Ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Qaḥṭānī.
64 – Hishām b. al-Ḥakam b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, al-Muʾayyad billāh*
The caliph al-Muʾayyad billāh b. al-Mustansir billāh b. al-Nāṣir, an Umayyad of al-Andalus, Abū al-Walīd.
He succeeded his father, and his reign lasted many years.
He was born in Madīnat al-Zahrāʾ in Jumādā al-Ākhira of the year 354 AH.
The oath of allegiance was given to him when he was twelve years old at the behest of the ruling elite. The actual management of the caliphate fell to al-Manṣūr Muḥammad b. Abī ʿĀmir, who quickly seized full control; his first move was to imprison Hishām’s uncle, al-Mughīra b. al-Nāṣir.
Hishām was the tenth Umayyad ruler in al-Andalus. He was weak-minded, inept, and under guardianship—no more than a figurehead—whereas al-Manṣūr was everything. The latter governed the realm with consummate skill and led a number of massive campaigns.
The detailed account of al-Muʾayyad and this al-Manṣūr will appear under the year 400 AH.
The Remainder of the Eighth Generation
65 – Yaʿlā b. al-Ashdaq al-ʿUqaylī**
A desert-dweller and remarkable centenarian.