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Abd ar-Rahman III

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abd ar-Rahman III 891-961, Umayyad emir (912-29) and first caliph (929-61) of Córdoba. When he succeeded to the throne, the Spanish emirate was reduced to Córdoba and its environs and beset with tribal warfare. Abd ar-Rahman recovered the lost provinces, consolidated the central government, and created internal peace and prosperity. He built up a strong army and navy and waged war successfully against the Fatimids in N Africa and the Christian kings of León. He made Córdoba one of the greatest cities in the West. Bibliography: See R. Knapp, Roman Có... Read more
al- Hakam II
, 914-76, Umayyad caliph of Córdoba (961-76), son and successor of Abd ar-Rahman III. In the early part of his reign he successfully waged war against the Christian kings, Sancho I of León and Castile and García... Read more
Córdoba
...rdoba province. A flourishing centre of learning under Abd ar-Rahman III (first caliph of Córdoba), it was captured by Ferdinand III of Castile in 1236, who imposed Christian culture on... Read more

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