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Zafadola
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Also known as Abu Yafar Ahmad Sayf al-Dawla

thumb|300px|Ruins of the walls of Rueda de Jalón Aḥmad III Abū Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Mustanṣir (; died 5 February 1146), called Sayf al-Dawla ("Sword of the Dynasty"), Latinised as Zafadola, was the last ruler of the Hudid dynasty. He ruled the rump of the taifa kingdom of Zaragoza from his castle at Rueda de Jalón, in what is now Spain. He was the son of Abd al-Malik.

Key facts

Royalty.name
Aḥmad III Abū Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Mustanṣir أحمد الثالث أبو جعفر بن عبد الملك المستنصر
Royalty.succession
Lord of Rueda de Jalón
Royalty.reign
1130 – 1131
Royalty.predecessor
Abd al-Malik Imad ad-Dawla
Royalty.successor
-
Royalty.death_date
1146
Royalty.dynasty
Hud
Royalty.religion
Sunni Islam

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Biografia de Abu Yafar Ahmad Sayf al-Dawla

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thumb|300px|Ruins of the walls of Rueda de Jalón Aḥmad III Abū Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Mustanṣir (; died 5 February 1146), called Sayf al-Dawla ("Sword of the Dynasty"), Latinised as Zafadola, was the last ruler of the Hudid dynasty. He ruled the rump of the taifa kingdom of Zaragoza from his castle at Rueda de Jalón, in what is now Spain. He was the son of Abd al-Malik.

After the city of Zaragoza was conquered by the Almoravids in 1110, ʿAbd al-Malik and Sayf al-Dawla fled to Rueda to resist the invaders. There they received help from Alfonso the Battler, king of Aragon. Their state was reduced to the towns of Rueda and Borja and their hinterland. In 1130 ʿAbd al-Malik died. In 1131 Sayf al-Dawla sent messengers to the court of King Alfonso VII of León to propose his rendering homage to Alfonso. The latter sent an embassy led by Count Rodrigo Martínez and the king's counsellor Gutierre Fernández de Castro to Rueda to make final arrangements. The taifa king and his sons then went to Alfonso, surrendered Rueda to him and became his vassals. Alfonso in turn gave Sayf al-Dawla territory in the Kingdom of Toledo and the task of defending a sector of the southern frontier from the Almoravids.

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