Abu'l-Qasim Ahmad ibn Mu'awiya ibn Muhammad ibn Hisham ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya,[1] known as Ibn al-Qitt (died 901), was an Umayyad rebel and self-proclaimed Mahdi in the Emirate of Córdoba.
A member of the Umayyad royal family,[2] he was a great-great-grandson of Hisham I of Córdoba.[1] Convinced by the ascetic Abu Ali al-Sarrai (possibly an Isma'ili Shia agent sowing discord), who presented him as Mahdi, Ibn al-Qitt rebelled against the emiral ruleofAbdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi in Córdoba,[2] and waged a Jihad against Christians.[1] Apparently followed in his rebellion by Berbers (including Nafza [es] and Kutama tribes)[3] from Llano de los Pedroches, sierra de Almadén, Trujillo, the Guadiana basin, south-west Iberia, Toledo, Talavera and Santaver,[4] his first military operation in Christian lands was an attack in 901 AD against Zamora,[1][2][5] where, following the defection of a number of Berber chieftains, he was reportedly captured and beheaded.[1]
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