ABD AR-RAHMAN III, Emir and Caliph of Córdoba

891–961, Umayyad emir (912–29) and first caliph (929–61) of Córdoba. When he succeeded to the throne, the Spanish emirate was reduced to Córdoba and its environs and beset with tribal warfare. Abd ar-Rahman recovered the lost provinces, consolidated the central government, and created internal peace and prosperity. He built up a strong army and navy and waged war successfully against the Fatimids in N Africa and the Christian kings of León. He made Córdoba one of the greatest cities in the West.

See R. Knapp, Roman Córdoba (1983).

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The Chronicle of San Juan de la Pena: A Fourteenth-Century Official History of the Crown of Aragon
Book by Lynn H. Nelson, King Pedro IV; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991
Subjects: Aragon (Spain)--History, Aragon (Spain)--Kings And Rulers, Catalonia (Spain)--Kings And Rulers
...Hakluyt Society, 1920-1921 ; Pere III, Chronicle trans. Mary Hillgarth...Joseph F. OCallaghan, A History of Medieval Spain Ithaca, NY...it came to the atten tion of the emir of Cordoba, Abd ar-Rahman ibn Moncavia, 22 that the Christians...
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Ideas, Images, and Methods of Portrayal: Insights into Classical Arabic Literature and Islam
Book by Sebastian Gunther; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Arabic Literature--History And Criticism, Islamic Empire--Civilization, Islamic Empire--Intellectual Life, Philosophy, Islamic
...reasons for the deposition of the caliph al-Amin. In his Chronicle...the above-mentioned speech of Tahir.5 However, it is worth...first version (al-Tabari, TarTkh iii, 932), al-Tabari gives the...with regard to the speeches of Abd al-Nasir cf. ibid. 120-128; with...
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History of the Islamic Peoples: With a Review of Events, 1939-1947
Book by Carl Brockelmann, Moshe Perlmann, Joel Carmichael; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1947
Subjects: Islamic Countries--History
...Umayyad emirate founded by Abd-ar-Rahman in Spain , 181...The flourishing realm of Abd-at Rahman III, first Spanish caliph , 185...Clash with the emir of Asir and the imam Yahya of...
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The Regions of Spain: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Book by Robert W. Kern, Chuck Smith; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Regionalism--Spain, Spain--Civilization, Spain--History, Local
...important as Mecca. In time, Cordoba was Europes largest early...medieval city, an independent caliphate within the Islamic world...exaggeration, to have thousands of houses and gardens, 600...libraries by the era of Abd ar-Rahman III 912-61 , the first caliph...
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The Worlds of Medieval Europe
Book by Clifford R. Backman; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--Civilization--1081-1453, Civilization, Medieval, Feudalism--Europe, Kings And Rulers, Medieval, Mediterranean Region--Civilization, Monarchy--Europe
THE WORLDS OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE THE WORLDS OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE Clifford R. Backman BOSTON UNIVERSITY New...10016 http://www.oup-usa.org Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication...
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Abd Ar-Rahman III , Emir and Caliph of Córdoba
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABD AR-RAHMAN III , emir and caliph of Cordoba 891 961, Umayyad emir (912 29) and first caliph (929 61) of Cordoba. When he succeeded...tribal warfare. Abd ar-Rahman recovered the...Leon. He made Cordoba one of the greatest...
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Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and the Basque Country. Cordoba became the capital of the emir, who governed in the name of the Baghdad caliph. In 756, however, Abd ar-Rahman I , scion of the Umayyad...splendor under Abd ar-Rahman III , who set up the Western...


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