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Al-Hakam II
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Key facts
- Reign
- 15 October 961 – 1 October 976
- Predecessor
- Abd-ar-Rahman III
- Successor
- Hisham II
- Born
- 13 January 915, Córdoba
- Died
- 16 October 976 (976-10-16) (aged 61), Córdoba
- Spouse
- Subh
- Issue
- Abd al-Rahman (962–970) , Hisham II (966–1013)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- al-Andalus
- Place of birth
- Córdoba
- Place of death
- Córdoba
- Spouse
- Subh
- Child
- Hisham II
- Father
- Abd-ar-Rahman III
- Occupation
- caliph
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- MonAlhakenII01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Al-Hakam II, Caliph of Cordoba
- date of death
- 0976-00-00
- date of birth
- 0915-01-13
- cause of death
- stroke
- owner of
- Burgalimar Castle
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- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
DynastyUmayyad (Marwanid) FatherAbd-ar-Rahman III MotherMurjan ReligionIslam
Al-Hakam II, also known as Abū al-ʿĀṣ al-Mustanṣir bi-Llāh al-Hakam b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (أَبُو الْعَاصٍ الْمُسْتَنْصِرِ بِاللهِ الْحَكْمِ بْن عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ; 13 January 915 – 1 October 976), was the Caliph of Córdoba. He was the second Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba in Al-Andalus, and son of Abd-al-Rahman III and Murjan. He ruled from 961 to 976.
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