Stelle Huius temporibus Izit, rex Saraceno...; (Chronica Anni 754 Vel Chronica Muzarabica (754 - 2020), Chroniques Anni 754, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §59 (p. 360)) [4692]

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Text Chronica Anni 754 Vel Chronica Muzarabica (754 - 754) Anonymous - History
Quotation Huius temporibus Izit, rex Saracenorum, in era supra fata regni primeba obtinet gubernacula. Talis enim inter Arabes tenetur perpetim norma, ut non nisi (in) cunctas regum succesiones prerogatiue a principe percipiant nomina, ut, eo decidente, absque scandala adeant regiminis gubernacula.
Translation In the times of this man Izit the king of the Saracens in the aforementioned era obtained the first reins of governance of the kingdom. For thus it has always been held as a norm among the Arabs, that they only accept all successions of kings through prior naming by the princeps, so that when the person dies removed from stumbling blocks they assume the governance of the regime. (Al-Tamimi, trans., “The Mozarabic Chronicle”, 2019)
Summary Here the chronicle recounts the succession of Yazid II, in a broader discussion of the rules of succession used by the Arabs.
Quotation source Chroniques Anni 754, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §59 (p. 360)
Temporal Coverage 720 - 724
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