Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar

Abd al-Malik, originally called Sayf al-Dawla, later al-Muẓaffar, was the second Amirid ruler of al-Andalus, ruling from 1002 until his death. Like his father and predecessor, al-Mansur, he was the actual power behind the Caliph of Córdoba. The seven-year government of al-Muẓaffar was a period of peace and prosperity. 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 began in 1009.