Mutarrif ibn Musa, of the Banu Qasi

Banu Qasi

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The Banu Qasi, Banu Kasi, Beni Casi (Arabic: بنو قسي‎, meaning "sons" or "heirs of Cassius") or Banu Musa were a Basque Muladi dynasty that ruled the upper Ebro valley in the 9th, before being displaced in the first quarter of the 10th century.

Leadership of the Banu Qasi

The following men are the documented leaders of the Banu Qasi (entried in italics are of uncertain affiliation to the family):

Cassius, fl. 714

Abu Taur, Wali of Huesca, fl. 778, perhaps son of Cassius

Musa ibn Fortun, (perh. assassinated 788), grandson of Cassius

Mutarrif ibn Musa, assassinated 799, perhaps son of Musa ibn Fortun

Fortun ibn Musa, assassinated 801, perhaps son of Musa ibn Fortun, else identical to him

Musa ibn Musa, d. 862, son of Musa ibn Fortun

Lubb ibn Musa, d. 875, son of Musa ibn Musa

Is'mail ibn Musa, co-leader to 882, d. 889, son of Musa ibn Musa

Muhammad ibn Lubb, co-leader to 882, then sole leader, d. 899, son of Lubb ibn Musa

Lubb ibn Muhammad, d. 907, son of Muhammad ibn Lubb

Abd Allah ibn Muhammad, d. 915, son of Muhammad ibn Lubb

(succession struggle between Mutarrif ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, 915-916)

Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, d. 923, son of Abd Allah ibn Muhammad

Muhammad ibn Lubb, d. 929, son of Lubb ibn Muhammad

(end of dynasty)

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Sancho Garcés, father of Aznar Sánchez de Larraun — the second husband of his cousin Onneca Fortúnez — and probably of Velazquita, who married Mutarrif ibn Musa, of the Banu Qasi.[a]

a. Chronicler Ibn Hayyan says Velasquita was daughter of king García Íñiguez, but al-Udri names her father as Sancho, lord of Pamplona.[10] The latter has been preferred by historians.[9][11] This reference to Sancho as 'lord', along with a reference by Ibn Khaldun to a Sancho, 'governor of Pamplona and chief of the Basques' in 865, and an 867 charter that names 'king' Sancho as son-in-law of Galindo Aznárez I of Aragón, led Antonio Ubieto Arteta to propose that it was Sancho Garcés who ruled in Pamplona in the mid-to-late 860s, during at least part of the period that his brother, Fortún Garcés, was held captive in Córdoba.[12]

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• MUSA ibn Musa, son of MUSA ibn Fortun & his second wife --- (-Tudela 26 Sep 862). … Musa had [seven] children by unknown [wives/concubines]:
  • 3. MUTARIF ibn Musa (-crucified Córdoba 5 Sep 873). Al-Udri records that "en algunos Anales" record that "Musa ibn Musa" was survived by "varios hijos…Lubb, Ismail, Mutarrif y Fortun"[467]. Al-Udri records that "Mutarrif ibn Musa" took control of Huesca after Amrus ibn Umar was expelled, dated to A.H. 257 [870/71], an earlier passage recording, as a variation, that "Lubb [ibn Musa]" granted "el mando…de Huesca" to "su hermano…Mutarrif" after his campaign in A.H. 258 [871/72][468]. He captured Tudela in Dec 871, but was captured by Emir Muhammad who had him executed along with his sons[469]. Al-Udri records that "Fortun ibn Musa" rebelled but was captured by "el imam Muhammad" who imprisoned him and "Mutarrif ibn Musa…en la prisión de al-Duwayra en Córdoba"[470]. Al-Udri records that "Mutarrif ibn Musa" was crucified in Córdoba "en el Llano de Mutarrif, el viernes 8 de du l´qada" A.H. 259 [5 Sep 873][471]. m (x) secondly (870) VELASQUITA Sánchez, daughter of [SANCHO García de Pamplona & his wife ---]. Al-Udri records that "Mutarrif ibn Musa" married "Faliskita, hija de Sanyo, señor de Pamplona" and that he brought her to Huesca (which suggests that the marriage should be dated to [870/71] when Mutarif took control of Huesca) and had children by her[472]. Mutarif had six children by unknown mothers:
    • a) MUHAMMAD ibn Mutarif (-crucified Córdoba 5 Sep 873). Ibn Hazm names "Muhammad, Musa y Lubb, todos tres crucificados en Córdoba junto con su padre y al mismo tiempo…Yusuf…Abd Allah e Ismail" as the sons of "Mutarrif [ibn Musa] el que fue crucificado"[473].
    • b) MUSA ibn Mutarif (-crucified Córdoba 5 Sep 873). Ibn Hazm names "Muhammad, Musa y Lubb, todos tres crucificados en Córdoba junto con su padre y al mismo tiempo…Yusuf…Abd Allah e Ismail" as the sons of "Mutarrif [ibn Musa] el que fue crucificado"[474].
    • c) LUBB ibn Mutarif (-crucified Córdoba 5 Sep 873). Ibn Hazm names "Muhammad, Musa y Lubb, todos tres crucificados en Córdoba junto con su padre y al mismo tiempo…Yusuf…Abd Allah e Ismail" as the sons of "Mutarrif [ibn Musa] el que fue crucificado"[475].
    • d) YUSUF ibn Mutarif (-Nájera --). Ibn Hazm names "Muhammad, Musa y Lubb, todos tres crucificados en Córdoba junto con su padre y al mismo tiempo…Yusuf…Abd Allah e Ismail" as the sons of "Mutarrif [ibn Musa] el que fue crucificado", adding that Yusuf was killed "en Nájera"[476].
    • e) ABD ALLAH ibn Mutarif . Ibn Hazm names "Muhammad, Musa y Lubb, todos tres crucificados en Córdoba junto con su padre y al mismo tiempo…Yusuf…Abd Allah e Ismail" as the sons of "Mutarrif [ibn Musa] el que fue crucificado", adding that Abd Allah and Ismail converted to christianity[477].
    • f) ISMAIL ibn Mutarif . Ibn Hazm names "Muhammad, Musa y Lubb, todos tres crucificados en Córdoba junto con su padre y al mismo tiempo…Yusuf…Abd Allah e Ismail" as the sons of "Mutarrif [ibn Musa] el que fue crucificado", adding that Abd Allah and Ismail converted to christianity[478]. Mutarif & his wife (x) had [two] children:
    • g) [two] children ([872/early 874]-). Al-Udri records that "Mutarrif ibn Musa" married "Faliskita, hija de Sanyo, señor de Pamplona" and that he brought her to Huesca (which suggests that the marriage should be dated to [870/71] when Mutarif took control of Huesca) and had children by her (but gives no details about these children)[479]. There appears to be time between the suggested date of the marriage of their parents, and their father´s death, for two children to have been born, the second maybe born posthumously.