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It had been 3 years, since most of the Umayyad family were massacred in Corduba. al-Mundhir V was butchered by his own soldiers on the walls of Corduba and Sulayman IV, Abd al-Aziz Umayyah and Abd al-Rashid Saab were safely in in the confines of Mursiya.

After the capture of Corduba, the Hammudid caliphate tried to gain the rest if the al-Andulus however they were defeated by the Abd al-Aziz Umayyah with a host of 10,000 remaining Umayyad loyalist and a host of 5,000 Byzantine Mercenaries under Konstans Angelos (Angelos famiy continued while the joint Komnenos-Angelos was extinguished when the first Trebizond Empire was destroyed, which the Palaiologos startegically eliminated the last of the Komnenoi), Konstans Angelos under the orders of Andronikos II to send envoy to the Umayyads to support them, as Andronikos II had become well aquainted with the Umayyad family even as the Umayyad family began to falter.

Konstans was an effective leader and was the Palaiologos family's most loyal ally, considering that it was the Angeloi that had conspired with Palaiologoi, and had jumped on the right moment to wipe the rest of the Komnenoi family.

With the support of the Byzantines, in the form of 5000 heavy infantry and cavalry, the Umayyad's managed to easily crush the weak Hammudid lightly armed force numbering 25,000. However Sulayman IV wouldn't risk chasing the Hammudid caliphate, not while Castille was rapidly advancing on both Hammudid and Umayyad lands, lands fought by the Ummayyad caliphate and lost to the incomptence of both the late Caliphs and the Hammudid dynasty

Sulayman IV embarked on a campaign in 1302 to retake lands taken by the Castilians. However it was not until 1305 when at the battle of Segura river that Sulayman IV defeated a Castillan army under King Ferdinand IV was slaughtered while trying to flee. This success plunged Castile into civil war, however the Hammudid caliphate did not benefit from such victories that the Umayyads gained. With the Hammudid Caliphate reeling just 10 years after usurption of the Umayyad Caliphate, Sulayman IV decided to go on the offensive. To do this he gave Aragon some of the conquered land and took Hammudid coastal cities and focused on Castilles weak points.

But after the capture of some cities, the Hammudid caliphate went out onto the field to face the Umayyad Caliphate. However even though they defeated the Umayyads, they had to evacuate Corduba and retreat to Lisbon. By doing this, they reconquered some north african territory and even took land by the Alhomads.