Legalidad islámica y legitimidad política en el califato de Córdoba : la proclamación de Hišām II (360-366/971-976)
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Este artículo aborda el proceso de proclamación
como califa de Córdoba de Hišām, hijo
y sucesor de al- Hakam II, cuando era todavía
un niño de apenas once años. En relación con
este aspecto, se analizan dos problemas. Desde
el punto de vista jurídico, la cuestión de la
legalidad del gobierno de un menor de edad
en las sociedades islámicas clásicas. Por otro
lado, la crisis política que la proclamación de
Hiš m desencadenó, debido a las resistencias
que generaba en ciertos medios palatinos y
jurídicos su minoría. En este contexto, Ibn AbĨ ' Āmir, futuro Almanzor, logró usurpar el
ejercicio del poder, marginando por completo
al califa y provocando con ello el descrédito
de la institución califal. Por todo ello, la
proclamación de Hišām constituye la primera
fase en la crisis del califato de Córdoba, que
acabó desembocando en su abolición
This article deals with the process of proclamation as Caliph of Cordoba of Hišām, son and next-in-line to al- Hakam II, when he was scarcely eleven years old. Two problems are analysed in relation to this aspect. On the one hand, from a legal point of view, it is brought into question the lawfulness of the government of an under age in the classical Islamic societies. On the other hand, the political crisis produced by the proclamation of Hišām as a consequence of the opposition to his proclamation in certain juridical and palatine circles. In this context, Ibn Ab ‘ mir, the future Almanzor, managed to usurp the political authority, pushing aside the caliph and making in that way the caliphal institution fall into disrepute. As a result, the proclamation of constitutes the first stage of the crisis of the Cordoban caliphate, which finally led to its collapse.
This article deals with the process of proclamation as Caliph of Cordoba of Hišām, son and next-in-line to al- Hakam II, when he was scarcely eleven years old. Two problems are analysed in relation to this aspect. On the one hand, from a legal point of view, it is brought into question the lawfulness of the government of an under age in the classical Islamic societies. On the other hand, the political crisis produced by the proclamation of Hišām as a consequence of the opposition to his proclamation in certain juridical and palatine circles. In this context, Ibn Ab ‘ mir, the future Almanzor, managed to usurp the political authority, pushing aside the caliph and making in that way the caliphal institution fall into disrepute. As a result, the proclamation of constitutes the first stage of the crisis of the Cordoban caliphate, which finally led to its collapse.
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García Sanjuán, A.: "Legalidad islámica y legitimidad política en el califato de Córdoba : la proclamación de Hišām II (360-366/971-976)". Al-Qantara : Revista de Estudios Árabes. Vol. 29, n. 1 (2008), p. 45-77. ISSN 0211-3589














