Coins of al-Andalus Tonegawa collection
Taifas

HAMMUDIDS       الد ولة الحسنية الحمّود ية

The Hammudids, said to be a collateral branch of the Idrisides, were the only Taifa rulers to put a direct dynastic claim on the Umayyad Caliphate of Al-Andalus and used for themselves the title Imam on all their coins. A dynastic claim directly based on a false letter purportedly sent by Hisham II to the then governor of Ceuta , �Ali ibn Hammud, appointing him as his successor.
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