Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar

ʿAbd al-Malik, originally called Sayf al-Dawla, later al-Muẓaffar[a] (?975[2] – 20 October 1008),[b] was the second ʿĀmirid ruler of al-Andalus, ruling from 1002 until his death.

Later historians likened it to the sābiʿ al-arūs, the first seven days of marriage, and recalled it as a golden age before the Andalusian fitna (civil wars) began in 1009.

In response, al-Manṣūr dispatched Wāḍiḥ al-Ṣiḳlabī, governor of the Central March, to Africa at the head of a large army.

The two commanders defeated Zīrī, captured Fez and established Córdoban rule throughout all of Morocco and even into central North Africa.

On 10 August 1002,[c] just days after his father's death, ʿAbd al-Malik was invested by the Caliph Hishām II with the office ḥājib.