ABSTRACT
Abu¯ Bakr Muh ˙ ammad ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Azı¯z, known as Ibn al-Qu¯t
˙ ı¯ya,
‘the son of the Gothic woman’ informed us.2 Several learned men, including Shaykh Muh
˙ ammad ibn Umar ibn Luba¯ba, Muh
˙ ammad ibn Sa ı¯d ibn
Muh ˙ ammad al-Mura¯dı¯, Muh
˙ ammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Ayman and
Muh ˙ ammad ibn Zakarı¯ya¯ ibn al-T. anjı¯ya al-Ishbı¯lı¯, have told us, according
to all their masters:
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The last king of the Goths in the land of al-Andalus was Ghı¯t ˙ ı¯sha,-[Witiza]-
who died leaving three sons. Almund – [Almund] was the eldest, Rumulu – [Aquila/Waqla/Rómulo] the next, then Art
˙ aba¯s [Ardabast].3 All were very
young when their father died so their mother became regent in T ˙
ulayt ˙ ula
[Toledo]. But Lu¯dharı¯q, [Roderik], their father’s army commander, and his supporters in the army, rebelled and seized Qurt
˙ uba [Cordova].4