. ▁ ▁He ▁soon ▁reg rett ed ▁his ▁decision . ▁ ▁The ▁arriv ing ▁Um ay y ad ▁princes , ▁as ▁the ▁sons ▁and ▁grands ons ▁of ▁cal i ph s , ▁were ▁of ▁more ▁ill ust ri ous ▁blood ▁than ▁the ▁F i hr ids ▁themselves , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁foc al ▁point ▁of ▁consp ira cies ▁among ▁the ▁Arab ▁nobles ▁of ▁K air ou an , ▁res ent ful ▁of ▁I bn ▁Hab ib ' s ▁aut ocracy . ▁I bn ▁Hab ib ▁set ▁about ▁per sec uting ▁the ▁ex iles . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁them , ▁the ▁young ▁Abd ▁al - R ah man , ▁would ▁fle e ▁to ▁Al - And alus , ▁dep ose ▁the ▁F i hr ids ▁there ▁and ▁ere ct ▁the ▁Um ay y ad ▁Em ir ate ▁of ▁C ór dob a ▁in ▁ 7 5 6 . ▁▁ ▁While ▁the ▁I ber ian ▁branch ▁was ▁e cli ps ed ▁by ▁the ▁Um ay y ads , ▁the ▁African ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁F i hr ids ▁desc ended ▁into ▁a ▁blo ody ▁family ▁quar rel ▁in ▁ 7 5 5 , ▁that ▁threw ▁If ri qi ya ▁into ▁cha os , ▁and ▁ended ▁with ▁them ▁being ▁over run ▁and ▁ex ting u ished ▁in ▁a ▁K har ij ite ▁Ber ber ▁u pr ising ▁in ▁ 7 5 7 - 8 . ▁▁ ▁The ▁al - F ih ri ▁name ▁continued ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁mag ical ▁effect ▁in ▁Al - And alus , ▁and