Abd al-Rahman I
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Abd al-Rahman I

Emir of Córdoba from 756 to 788

Born: 731 CE · Died: 788 CE

About Abd al-Rahman I

Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya, 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.Wikipedia ↗

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Empire661 CE – 750 CE

Umayyad Caliphate

The first hereditary Islamic dynasty after the Rashidun Caliphate, the Umayyads expanded Muslim rule from the Iberian Peninsula to the borders of India and China, creating the largest empire the world had seen to that point.