Editing Hisham II (section)

==Revival under the taifa kings==
Due to his disappearance, and hence his possible survival, Hisham II was revived as a symbol of legitimacy by the [[taifa]] kings who appeared following the definitive collapse of the caliphate: in 1035, the ruler of the [[Taifa of Seville]], [[Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad]], announced that Hisham had reappeared, and declared his allegiance to him. Other taifas falling under Seville's sway during the following years followed suit. It was not until 1060 that the Sevillan ruler [[Abbad II al-Mu'tadid]] acknowledged that this supposed Hisham had died in 1044 without a successor, but the "convenient fiction" of his survival lasted until at least 1082–83, when his name still appears in the coins of the [[Taifa of Zaragoza]].{{sfn|Kennedy|1996|pp=130–131}}