Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur

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Abd-al-Aziz al-Mansur
Emir of the Taifa of Valencia
Taifa of Valencia
Reign1021 to 1061
Predecessor Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī
Successor Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Muẓaffar
Taifa of Almeria
Reign1038 to 1044
Born1005
Died1061
Father Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
Religion Islam

Abd-al-Aziz al-Mansur was the king of the Taifa of Valencia between 1021 and 1061. He was the son of Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo. [1] He was two years old at the time of his father's violent death and was taken for safekeeping to Zaragoza, where he grew up. At the age of fifteen, with the help of Zaragoza, a coup installed him as king of Valencia. [2]

He was responsible for the construction of the Arab wall of the city of Valencia, of which some of the sections still stand today. According to the geographer al-Urdi, the wall had seven gates with semi-circular towers. [3]

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References

  1. Sanz, Vicente Coscollá (2003). La Valencia musulmana (in Spanish). Carena Editors, S.l. p. 2. ISBN   978-84-87398-75-9.
  2. Fletcher, Richard A. (1991). The Quest for El Cid. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-506955-6.
  3. Calatayud, Mariano Torreño (2005). Arquitectura y urbanismo en Valencia (in Spanish). Carena Editors, S.l. p. 12. ISBN   978-84-96419-08-7.
Preceded by Emir of Valencia
1021–1061
Succeeded by
Preceded by Emir of Almeria
1038–1044
Succeeded by
Ma'n ben Muhammad ben Sumadih