PersonAD 731 – AD 788
Abd al-Rahman I
Founding emir of the Umayyads of Córdoba (756–788), who escaped the Abbasid massacre of his family and set up his own state at Córdoba in 756
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2 related events
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Descendants of Muhammad’s uncle al-Abbas harnessed the grievances of Persian converts and the Shia to overthrow the Umayyads and found the Abbasid dynasty.
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Abd al-Rahman I, an Umayyad who survived the Abbasid revolution, founded the Umayyad state of Córdoba in Iberia. In 929 Abd al-Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph.
People who appear alongside
- Abu al-Abbas al-SaffahAD 721 – AD 754
First Abbasid caliph (750–754), a descendant of Muhammad’s uncle al-Abbas, proclaimed caliph at Kufa in 749; he overthrew the Umayyads in 750
- Abd al-Rahman IIIAD 891 – AD 961
Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus (912–961) who proclaimed himself caliph in 929; under him Córdoba became the largest and most splendid city in western Europe
Themes this person appears in
- The Rise of the Islamic WorldAD 570 – 1055
From the revelation to Muhammad to the Seljuk entry into Baghdad — 450 years in which a new faith from Arabia built a civilisation stretching from Iberia to Central Asia and reached as far as Silla by sea