Hammu ibn Abd al-Haqq

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Hammu ibn Abd al-Haqq ibn Rahhu ({{Langx|ar|حمّو بن عبدالحق بن رحّو}}) was a Marinid prince who served as shaykh al-ghuzat (chief of the Volunteers of the Faith) in the Nasrid Emirate of Granada during the reigns of Muhammad III ({{ruled|1302|1309}}) and Nasr ({{ruled|1309|1314}}).{{sfn|Manzano Rodríguez|1992|p=370}}

He unsuccessfully rebelled against the Marinid Sultan Abu al-Rabi Sulayman ({{ruled|1289|1310}}) in North Africa. Like many dissident princes, he was exiled to Granada to join the "Volunteers of the Faith", a military corps made up of North Africans who fought to defend Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula.{{sfn|Manzano Rodríguez|1992|p=345}} Under Muhammad III, he commanded the troops that captured Bedmar from Castile in April 1302, two weeks after the Sultan's accession.{{sfn|Harvey|1992|p=167}} When another Marinid prince Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula entered the Nasrid service, he was given command of the Volunteers in Malaga and the western territories, while Hammu ibn al-Haqq kept the command in Granada.{{sfn|Manzano Rodríguez|1992|p=345}} He kept the post after Muhammad III was deposed and replaced by his brother Nasr.{{sfn|Manzano Rodríguez|1992|p=351}} When a rebellion broke out against Nasr in favor of his nephew Ismail I, Hammu remained loyal while Uthman sided with Ismail.{{sfn|Harvey|1992|p=180}} The rebellion was ultimately successful, Nasr abdicated in 1314 while Hammu lost his post and followed Nasr to exile in Guadix.{{sfn|Harvey|1992|p=180}}{{sfn|Manzano Rodríguez|1992|p=345}}

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Sources

  • {{cite book|last=Harvey|first=L. P.|author-link=L. P. Harvey|title=Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=td3tcLWvSNkC|year=1992|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|isbn=978-0-226-31962-9}}
  • {{cite book|last=Manzano Rodríguez|first=Miguel Angel|title=La intervención de los Benimerines en la Península Ibérica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFiBHiEuHucC|year=1992|publisher=Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press|isbn=978-84-00-07220-9|language=Spanish}}

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Category:People from the Emirate of Granada

Category:Marinid dynasty

Category:14th-century Berber people

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Category:Rebels of the medieval Islamic world