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He engineered the annexation of Murcia to the kingdom of Seville, and convinced al-Mutamid to name him as its governor. He soon proclaimed himself its king and cut off relations with al-Mutamid. He soon fell from power, was captured in an ambush, and was imprisoned in Seville. He and al-Mutamid were reconciled, but not for long; shortly after his release from the dungeon, they fell out again, and the king killed the poet with his own hands.


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  • Hitti, Philip K. ''History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present'' (London: Macmillan, 1956)

  • Sordo, Enrique ''Moorish Spain: Cordoba, Seville, Granada.'' (London: Elek Books, 1963)

  • Watt, W. Montgomery ''A History of Islamic Spain'' (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1965)