Abd al-Rahman III

Abd al-Rahman III
عبد الرحمن الناصر لدين الله
Silver dirham of Abd al-Rahman III, minted in 946 AD
1st Caliph of Córdoba
Reign17 January 929 – 15 October 961
Proclamation17 January 929 (aged 39)[2]
SuccessorAl-Hakam II
8th Emir of Córdoba
Reign16 October 912 – 17 January 929
Bay'ah17 October 912 (aged 22)[3]
PredecessorAbdullah
Born18 December 890
Córdoba[4]
Died15 October 961(961-10-15) (aged 70)[5]
Córdoba[6]
Burial
Alcázar of Córdoba[7]
ConsortFatima bint Al-Mundhir[8]
Marjan[9] or Murjan[10]
IssueSons in order of birth according to Ibn Hazm:[8]
Al-Hakam II (son of Murjan)[10]
Abd al-Aziz
Al-Asbagh
Ubayd Allah
Abd al-Jabbar
Abd al-Malik
Sulayman
Abdullah
Marwan
Al-Mundhir
Al-Mugira
Names
Kunya: Abu al-Mutarrif[5] (أبو المطرف)
Laqab: Al-Nasir li-Din Allah[1] (الناصر لدين الله)
Nasab: Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hakam ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-'As ibn Umayya[11][12]
HouseUmayyad; Marwanid (Andalusian) Branch
DynastyUmayyad
FatherMuhammad ibn Abdullah
MotherMuzna (originally Maria?)[1]
ReligionSunni Islam
(Maliki school)[13]

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Rabdī ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil (Arabic: عبدالرحمن بن محمد بن عبداللہ بن محمد بن عبدالرحمن بن الحكم بن هشام بن عبد الرحمن الداخل;[6] 890–961), or simply ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III, 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-Rahman won the laqab (sobriquet) al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh (lit. 'the Defender of God's Faith') in his early 20s when he supported the Maghrawa Berbers in North Africa against Fatimid expansion and later claimed the title of Caliph for himself.[14] His half-century reign was known for its religious tolerance.

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  2. ^ Catlos, Brian (2018). Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 129. ISBN 9780465055876.
  3. ^ Azizur Rahman, Syed (2001). The Story of Islamic Spain (snippet view). New Delhi: Goodword Books. p. 129. ISBN 978-81-87570-57-8. [Emir Abdullah died on] 16 Oct., 912 after 26 years of writing an intro to the first caliph and leaving his fragmented and bankrupt kingdom to his grandson 'Abd al-Rahman. The following day, the new sultan received the oath of allegiance at a ceremony held in the "Perfect salon" (al-majils al-kamil) of the Alcazar.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference worldhistory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Gordon, Matthew (2005). "Document 15: Abd al-Rahman III of al-Andalus". The Rise of Islam. Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-313-32522-9.
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  7. ^ Kennedy, Hugh N. (1996). Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus (snippet view). London: Longman. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-582-49515-9. Retrieved 6 September 2010. The Caliph died on 15 October 961 and was buried with his predecessors in the Alcazar at Cordoba.
  8. ^ a b Vallvé Bermejo, Joaquín (1999). Al-Andalus: sociedad e instituciones [Al-Andalus: Society and Institutions]. Volume 20 of Clave historial (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Academia de la Historia. pp. 48–50. ISBN 978-84-89512-16-0.
  9. ^ Marín, Manuela (2002). "Marriage and Sexuality in Al-Andalus". In Lacarra Lanz, Eukene (ed.). Marriage and Sexuality in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia. Volume 26 of Hispanic issues. New York: Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-415-93634-7.
  10. ^ a b Kassis, Hanna (1999). "A glimpse of openness in medieval society: Al-Ḥakam II of Córdoba and his non-Muslim collaborators" (Festschrift in Honor of János M. Bak). In Nagy, Balázs; Sebők, Marcell (eds.). The Man of Many Devices, Who Wandered Full Many Ways. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-963-9116-67-2.
  11. ^ Lane-Poole 1894, p. 11
  12. ^ Lane-Poole 1894, p. 22
  13. ^ Daftary, Farhad (1992). The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines. Cambridge University Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-521-42974-0. ... the Umayyad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III, who was a Mālikī Sunnī.
  14. ^ "The Golden Caliphate". Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2008.