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In May 1016, the
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Mujāhid's rule in Dénia following the dismissal of al-Muʿayṭī is not well recorded. Unusually, few coins of his survive and none in his name that can be dated to between the years
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407 (1016–17) and 434 (1042–43). Only the years 406 (1015–16) and 435 (1043–44) at the beginning and end of his reign are attested in the surviving dated coinage. He minted
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and also became preoccupied by a dispute with his younger son, Ḥasan. He was succeeded by ʿAlī, who continued to make the court of Dénia a centre of culture.
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359:(non-Arab nations), criticising Arab ascendancy in Spain and praising non-Arabs, like Berbers and Slavs, was written there. Ibn Burd dedicated his
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wrote that he sent a sack of chestnuts to the pope to illustrate the number of Muslim soldiers he would unleash on
Christendom, but that
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Epalza, M. de. "El origen político del estado de Denia en el siglo XI: el Califa Al-Muaiti y el Rey Muyáhid", pp. 157–63, in
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in the name of the caliph al-Muʿayṭī. He landed with 120 ships and occupied the southern coastal plain, but was defeated by
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to Mujāhid and is known to have composed other works at Dénia and elsewhere under Mujāhid's patronage. The polymath
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from Italy. The following year he returned with a large force of cavalry, defeated the army of the
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sent back a sack of millet representing the number of
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were captured, but Mujāhid made it back to Dénia. ʿAlī remained a prisoner for many years.
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are known to have composed works at Mujāhid's court. Ibn
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121:Andalusian politician
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