Abd al-Rahman III facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Abd al-Rahman III(عبد الرحمن الناصر لدين الله) |
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Amir al-Mu'minin | |||||
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Caliph of Córdoba | |||||
Reign | 16 January 929 – 15 October 961 | ||||
Proclamation | 16 January 929 (aged 38) | ||||
Successor | Al-Hakam II | ||||
Emir of Córdoba | |||||
Reign | 16 October 912 – 16 January 929 | ||||
Bay'ah | 17 October 912 (aged 21) | ||||
Predecessor | Abdullah | ||||
Born | 7 or 11 January 891 Córdoba |
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Died | 15 October 961 Córdoba |
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Burial | Alcázar of Córdoba | ||||
Consort | Fatima bint Al-Mundhir Marjan or Murjan (favorite) |
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Issue | Sons in order of birth according to Ibn Hazm: Al-Hakam II (son of Murjan) Abd al-Aziz Al-Asbagh Ubayd Allah Abd al-Jabbar Abd al-Malik Sulayman Abdullah Marwan Al-Mundhir Al-Mugira |
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House | Umayyad, Marwanid Branch | ||||
Dynasty | Umayyad | ||||
Father | Muhammad ibn Abdullah | ||||
Mother | Muzna (originally Maria?) | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam (Maliki school) |
Abd al-Raḥmān III, also known as 'Abd al-Rahmān ibn Muḥammad ibn 'Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn 'Abd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Rabdī ibn Hishām ibn 'Abd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil (عبدالرحمن بن محمد بن عبداللہ بن محمد بن عبدالرحمن بن الحكم بن هشام بن عبد الرحمن الداخل) (889/91 - 961), was the Umayyad Emir of Córdoba from 912 to 929, at which point he founded the Caliphate of Córdoba, serving as its first Caliph until his death. 'Abd al-Raḥmān won the laqab (sobriquet) al-Nasir li-Dīn Allāh – Defender of God's Faith – in his early 20s when he supported the Maghrawa in North Africa against Fatimid expansion and rose to the Caliphate. His half-century reign (912–961) of al-Andalus – Muslim Iberian Spain – was known for its religious tolerance.
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