Hammu ibn Abd al-Haqq

Hammu ibn Abd al-Haqq ibn Rahhu (Arabic: حمّو بن عبدالحق بن رحّو) was a Marinid prince who served as shaykh al-ghuzat (chief of the Volunteers of the Faith) in the Nasrid Emirate of Granada during the reigns of Muhammad III (r. 1302–1309) and Nasr (r. 1309–1314).

[1] He unsuccessfully rebelled against the Marinid Sultan Abu al-Rabi Sulayman (r. 1289–1310) in North Africa.

Like many dissident princes, he was exiled to Granada to join the "Volunteers of the Faith", a military corps made up of North Africans who fought to defend Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula.

[2] Under Muhammad III, he commanded the troops that captured Bedmar from Castile in April 1302, two weeks after the Sultan's accession.

[3] When another Marinid prince Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula entered the Nasrid service, he was given command of the Volunteers in Malaga and the western territories, while Hammu ibn al-Haqq kept the command in Granada.

In April 1302, Hammu ibn Abd al-Haqq succeeded in taking Bedmar ( pictured ) for Muhammad III .