ʿUmar al-Mutawakkil

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ʿUmar al-Mutawakkil

Afṭasid ruler

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ʿUmar al-Mutawakkil (reigned 1068–94) was also forced to pay tribute to Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon; and he made an unsuccessful attempt to annex Toledo, which was held by a rival Muslim dynasty (1080). When Toledo was eventually taken by Alfonso in 1085, al-Mutawakkil…
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