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Abd ar-Rahman I Arabic: (عبد الرحمن الداخل), (known as the "Falcon of Andalus" or "The Falcon of the Quraish ") [1] (born 731; ruled from 756 through his death circa ...
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Abd ar-Rahman I, emir of Córdoba Abd ar-Rahman I, d. 788, first Umayyad Umayyad (mä`yäd), the first Islamic dynasty (661–750)..... Click the link for more information. emir of ...
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Abd-ar-Rahmān I (731-788) Emir of Córdoba 756-88. Under his leadership Moorish Spain (al-Andalus) flourished as an emirate independent of the Ummayad caliphs of Baghdad, and the ...

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Abd-ar-Rahman I (731-788), first Umayyad emir of Spain (756-788). Having narrowly escaped the massacre (750) of the Umayyad family in Damascus, Abd-ar-Rahman wandered through North Africa until 755. With the backing of Umayyad sympathizers in Spain and in Ceuta, North Africa, he then intervened between feuding Muslims in Spain, captured Córdoba in 756, and was recognized as emir. His realm, however, was not pacified until the defeat of Charlemagne's army at Roncesvalles in 778. Abd-ar-Rahman rebuilt the great mosque (now cathedral) at Córdoba.