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Abd al-Rahman III
(عبد الرحمن الناصر لدين الله)
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
Died 15 October 961(961-10-15) (aged 70)
Córdoba
Burial Alcázar of Córdoba
Consort Fatima bint Al-Mundhir
Marjan or Murjan (favorite)
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
Full name
Kunya: Abu al-Mutarrif (أبو المطرف)
Laqab: Al-Nasir Lideenillah (الناصر لدين الله)
Nasab: Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Al-Hakam ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-'As ibn Umayya
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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