Abbadides

The `Abbadides , `Abadites or Banû `Abbad (Arab: banū `abbād rear RTL بنوعباد or Al `abbādyī rear RTL العبادي) is an Arab dynasty which reigned with Seville (1023-1091) after the dismemberment of the caliphate Omeyyade of Cordoue, during the First period of taïfas.

She said herself resulting from the old Arab tribe of the Lakhmides.

Dynastic founder

Abbad {{Ier}} ( Al-Mutamid Ibn Abbad , or Muhammad ibn Isma' it , according to the transcriptions)

Notable members

Abbad {{II}}
Abbad {{III}}

The Zaïda princess

At the time of the conquest of the State sévillan by the Almoravides, Abbadide, daughter-in-law of Al-Mutamid, the Zaïda princess, widow of prince Al-Mamoun killed by defending Cordoue against the Africans, horrified with the idea to fall between the hands from these “Barbarians”, flees out of Christian ground.

It arrived at the court of Alphonse {{VI}}. This one made its mistress of it. Converted with Christianity under the name of Isabelle, it gave the king about 1100 the only son whom he had, infant it Sanche that he legitimated. This wire of Abbadide would have become king de Castille, of León and Galicia if he had not died before his father.

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