'''Abu Nour bin Abi Qara al-Ifrani''' ({{langx|ar|أبو نور بن أبي قرة اليفرني}}; 1014–1058) was a Berber king of the Taifa of Ronda. He built the most important sites in Ronda.<ref>Ronda, José Paez Carrascosa</ref>
==Life== Abu Nour belonged to the Banu Ifran. The Banu Ifran were part of the Taifa of Malaga until the death of Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali. After that Abu Nour established a new kingdom, the Taifa of Ronda in 1039.<ref>{{cite book|last=Anaj|first=Muhammad Abdallah|title=دولة الإسلام في الأندلس|trans-title=The Islamic State in Al-Andalus|language=ar|year=1997|publisher=Maktaba al-Khanji|location=Cairo|page=152|volume=2}}</ref> Abu Nour established alliances with the surrounding tribes. When {{ill|Muhammad ibn Idris al-Mahdi Balah|ar|محمد بن إدريس المهدي بالله}} deposed his uncle, {{ill|Idris al'Ali Ballah|ar|إدريس العالي بالله}}, from the throne of the Taifa of Malaga in 1046, Abu Nour helped Idris regain the throne.<ref>{{cite book|title=Al-Bayan al-Mughrib|author=Ibn Idhari|author-link=Ibn Idhari|year=1980|publisher=Dar al-Thaqafa|location=Beirut|page=217}}</ref>
In 1053, Abbad II al-Mu'tadid invited Abu Nour along with Muhammad bin Noh al-Darimi of Morón and Abadoun bin Khazaroun of Arcos to Seville. Al-Mu'tadid killed Muhammad and Abadoun and imprisoned Abu Nour.<ref>Ibn Idhari 1980, p. 271.</ref> Abu Nour's son {{ill|Badis bin Abu Nour|ar|باديس بن أبي نور اليفرني}} succeeded him as king of Ronda until 1057, when al-Mu'tadid released Abu Nour. Abu Nour returned to Ronda, put his son to death for misrule, and died shortly afterward, leaving the kingdom to his second son, {{ill|Abu Nasr Fatouh|ar|أبو نصر بن أبي نور اليفرني}}.<ref>Ibn Adhari 1980, p. 313.</ref>
== Notes == {{Reflist}} {{Ifranid dynasty topics}} Category:Banu Ifran Category:11th-century people from al-Andalus Category:11th-century monarchs in Africa Category:Berber monarchs