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ID |
4692 |
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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