Bobastro

36°54′9.01″N 4°46′53.35″W / 36.9025028°N 4.7814861°W / 36.9025028; -4.7814861TypeCastleSite informationConditionRuins

Bobastro (Arabic Bubashtru)^[1] was a castle of Roman origin, rebuilt as the headquarters of Umar ibn Hafsun during his rebellion against the Caliphate of Córdoba in the 9th century. Its ruins lie in the Province of Málaga, Spain.

There had been a structure at the site since Roman times. In 880 AD, Umar ibn Hafsun settled in the ruins of the old castle of Bobastro near Ardales, in which he incited the Muwallads and Mozarabs to join his cause against the unfair, heavy taxation and humiliating treatment they were receiving at the hands of Abd al-Rahman II and his successors.^[2]^{[better source needed]} In 888, Al-Mundhir of Córdoba was murdered at Bobastro by his brother Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, who later succeeded him.^{[citation needed]} The rebels constructed a church within the castle which lasted until the end of their autonomy on January 19, 928.^[3]

The castle was still in use in 1147, but by the 13th century it was in ruins.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Latham, J. D. (2004). "Bubashtru (Bobastro)". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume XII: Supplement. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 152–153. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8424. ISBN 978-90-04-13974-9.
^ Ye'or, Bat; Kochan, Miriam and Littman, David (2002) Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Madison, NJ, p. 63 ISBN 0-8386-3942-9
^ Houtsma, M. Th. et al. (eds.) (1913–1936) Encyclopaedia of Islam: dictionary of the geography, ethnography and biography of the Muhammadan peoples (1st ed. in 4 vol.) E. J. Brill, London. "'OMAR b. ḤAFṢŪN", p. 981-2; reprinted in facsimile edition as E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936 in 1987