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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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...to Cordoba and its environs and beset with tribal warfare. Abd ar-Rahman recovered the lost provinces, consolidated the central...
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Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Basque Country. Cordoba became the capital of the emir, who governed...the Baghdad caliph. In 756, however, Abd ar-Rahman I , scion of...splendor under Abd ar-Rahman III , who set up...caliphate of Cordoba, included all...


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