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Al-Hakam I

Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor it.

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Like the tailor who uses his needle to sew together pieces of cloth, so I use my sword to unite my divided provinces.

Al-Hakam’s reign was particularly bloody during which he beheaded thousands of dissidents. The son developed a nervous tic said to be the result of watching all the bloody executions.

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Al-Hakam I

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Al-Hakam Ibn Hisham Ibn Abd-ar-Rahman I (Arabic: الحکم بن هشام بن عبدالرحمن الداخل‎) was Umayyad Emir of Cordoba from 796 until 822 in Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia).

AL-HAKAM I

(Al-Hakam Ibn Hisham Ibn Abd-ar-Rahman I)