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Ahmad al-Mustain II
Ahmad al-Mustain II (died 1110) was the Hudid king of the Taifa of Zaragoza from 1085, the last of his line to rule the city. He paid tribute to Castile, lost Huesca to Aragon after the Battle of Alcoraz in 1096, and faced growing Aragonese pressure. He was killed fighting Alfonso I of Aragon at Valtierra in January 1110, after which the Almoravids occupied Zaragoza.
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