of prec.: 1075–1085 ʿUthmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Qāḍī, son of prec.: 1085 to the Dhuʾl-Nūnids Dénia The following list is derived from , who calls them the Banū Mujāhid. Mujāhid was a member of Muḥammad ibn Abi ʿĀmir's household. Mujāhid ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿĀmiri al-Muwaffaq: c.1012–1045 ʿAlī ibn Mujāhid Iqbāl al-Dawla: 1045–1076 to the Hūdids Tortosa Labib al-Fata al-Saqlabi (Valencia 1017–1019): c. 1009–bfr. 1039/40 Muqatil Sayf al-Milla: bfr. 1039/40–1053/4 Ya'la: 1053/4–1057/8 Nabil: 1057/8–1060 To Zaragoza: 1060–1081 or 2/3 Almeria 1012 Aflah. 1014 Khayran. Slavic slave from Cordoba Caliph palace, who dedicated his rule to the development of Almería. 1028 Zuhayr, also a former Slavic slave from Cordoba 1038 Abu Bakr al-Ramimi 1038 Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur, al-Mansur's grandson, King of Valencia From 1038 to 1041 Almería belonged to the Taifa of Valencia. Usage Geographer Ibn Khordadbeh (840–880) claimed that the Bulgar ruling title was "King of the Saqāliba" prior to the mid 7th century, meaning that the ruler held "a reservoir of potential slaves". Traveller Ibn Fadlan (fl. 921–22) called the ruler of Volga Bulgaria the "King of the Saqaliba". Polymath Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850–934) described three main centers of the Saqaliba: Kuyaba, Slawiya, and Artania. Traveller Ibrahim ibn Yaqub ( 961–62) placed the Saqāliba, Slavs, west of Bulgaria and east of other Slavs, in a mountainous land, and described them as violent and aggressive. It is believed that these were situated in the Western Balkans. See also Ghilman Mamluk Devshirme Janissary Notes References Sources External links Barry Hoberman, "Treasures of the North" "Slavs in Muslim Spain" Slavs of the medieval Islamic world Slavic history Mercenary units and formations Medieval Serbia History of Poland during the Piast dynasty Arabic words and phrases Slave trade Islam and slavery Arabian slaves and freedmen Expatriate military units and formations Military units and formations of the medieval Islamic world Slavery in Al-Andalus Slaves from the Abbasid Caliphate Slavery