Harun of Barcelona
Harun of Barcelona (Arabic: هارون البرشلوني) was the last Wali of Barcelona, ruling from 800 to 801, during the Siege of Barcelona.[1]
A Muwallad Muslim of local Visigothic stock,[2] Harun succeeded as Wali when his predecessor, Sa'dun al Ruayni was captured by besieging Frankish forces while trying to reach Córdoba to raise help. Harun was chosen as Wali by both the Gothic and Muslim population in the city.[3] However totally besieged, with no food and no hope of help, the city's Gothic magnates forced him to surrender Barcelona to the Frank Louis the Pious on April 3, 801.
The surrender meant the city passed from Muslim control into part of the "Hispanic Marches" of the Carolingian Empire and Bera got the first Count of Barcelona.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Roger Collins, The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710–797 (Basil Blackwell, 1989).
- ^ Javier Iglesia Aparicio. "Harum, último valí musulmán de Barcelona" (in Spanish).
- ^ Évariste Lévi-Provençal (1999). Histoire de l'Espagne musulmane (in French). ISBN 9782706813863.