| Abd al-Rahman I عبد الرحمن إبن معاوية | |
|---|---|
| Emir | |
 Dirham coin of Abd al-Rahman I | |
| 1st Emir of Córdoba | |
| Reign | 14 May 756 – 30 September 788 |
| Predecessor | Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri (as governor of al-Andalus) |
| Successor | Hisham I |
| Born | 7 March 731 Damascus, Syria Umayyad Caliphate |
| Died | 30 September 788 (aged 57)[1] Qurtuba, Al-Andalus, Emirate of Cordoba (present-day Spain) |
| Consort | Several; including Hulal |
| Issue | Sulayman Omar Hisham I Abdullah |
| Dynasty | Umayyad |
| Father | Mu'awiya ibn Hisham |
| Mother | Raha |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (Arabic: عبد الرحمن إبن معاوية إبن هشام, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām; 7 March 731 – 30 September 788), commonly known as Abd al-Rahman I, was the founder and first emir of the Emirate of Córdoba, ruling from 756 to 788. He established the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus, which continued for nearly three centuries (including the succeeding Caliphate of Córdoba).
Abd al-Rahman was a member of the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus, and his establishment of a government in Iberia represented a break with the Abbasids, who had overthrown the Umayyads in Damascus in 750. He was also known by the surnames al-Dakhil ("the Immigrant"),[2] Saqr Quraysh ("the Falcon of Quraysh").[3]
- ^ Al-Bayan al-Mughrib by Ibn Idhari, Vol. 2 p. 69, 2013
- ^ Lévi-Provençal 1960, pp. 81–82.
- ^ Allen, Roger (2000). An Introduction to Arabic Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-521-77657-8.