35. Emir Al-Hakam IBN HISHAM IBN ABD-AR-RAHMAN I of Cordoba [117839] (Hisham I of Cordoba (Emir)34, 'abdar Rahman I of Cordoba (Emir)33, Mu'awiya32, Hisham 10th Umayyad Caliph (Caliph)31, Abd al-Malik 5th Umayyad Caliph (Caliph)30, Marwãn 4th Umayyad Caliph (Caliph)29, Al-Hakam28, Abu al-As 1st Umayyad Caliph27, Umayya26, Abd Shams25, Abd Manãf24, Qusayy23, Kilab22, Murrah21, Ka'b20, Lu'ayy19, Ghalib18, Fihr16, Malik14, Nazar12, Kinana9, Khuzayma7, 'Amr6, Ilyass5, Mudar4, Nazar3, Ma'ad2, Adnan1) was born in 771 in Cordoba Andalucia Spain and died on May 21, 822 in Cordoba Andalucia Spain at age 51.
General Notes: Wikipedia says of Al-Hakam,
Abu al-As al-Hakam ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Rahman was Umayyad Emir of Cordoba from 796 until 822 in Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia).
AND, goes on to say, amongst other Things,
Al-Hakam was the second son of his father, his older brother having died at an early age. When he came to power, he was challenged by his uncles Sulayman and Abdallah, sons of his grandfather Abd ar-Rahman I. Abdallah took his two sons Ubayd Allah and Abd al-Malik to the court of Charlemagne in Aix-la-Chapelle to negotiate for aid. In the meantime Sulayman attacked Cordoba, but was defeated and driven back to Mérida where he was captured and executed. Abdallah was pardoned, but was forced to stay in Valencia.
Al-Hakam spent much of his reign suppressing rebellions in Toledo, Saragossa and Mérida. The uprisings twice reached Cordoba. An attempt was made to dethrone Al-Hakam and replace him with his cousin, Mohammed ibn al-Kasim, but the plot was discovered. On 16 November 806, 72 nobles and their attendants (accounts talk of 5,000) were massacred at a banquet, crucified and displayed along the banks of the river Guadalquivir. Such displays of cruelty were not unusual during this period, with the heads of rebel leaders or Christian foes killed in expeditions to the north being put on show at the gates of Cordoba.
Al-Hakam married Halawah [124301].
The child from this marriage was:
+ 36 i. Emir Muhammad IBN ABD AR-RAHMAN AL-WA'ST II of Cordoba [117804] was born in 792 in Toledo Castilla-la Mancha Spain and died in 852 in Cordoba Andalucia Spain at age 60.
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