The sedition of Andalusia, or the great strife, is a description given to the state of fighting and struggle over power that Andalusia witnessed in the period of time that extended from 399 AH to 422 AH, which ended with the collapse of the Umayyad and Amiriya states, and the emergence of what is known as the period of rule of the kings of the sects.
The death of the caliph, Al-Hakam Al-Mustansir Billah, was the announcement of the death of the last effective and powerful ruler of Andalusia from the Umayyads of Andalusia. The ruling was keen to take the pledge of allegiance to his son Hisham during his life when illnesses raided him at the end of his life, to ensure that his only son succeeded him, although at that time he was a child who could not carry out his duties, and despite the presence of a number of Umayyad princes who could carry out the duties of the caliph in That period.