Abd al-Rahman I, Emir · The Falcon of Quraysh

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RulerEmir · The Falcon of Quraysh

Abd al-Rahman Iعبد الرحمن الداخل

Cordoba

An Umayyad prince who escaped the Abbasid massacre and founded a new state in al-Andalus.

He fled Syria as a young man, crossed North Africa in hiding and landed in Spain in 755. He took Cordoba in 756 and began its Great Mosque in 785. Even his enemy al-Mansur called him 'the Falcon of Quraysh'.

Who came before and after?

Hisham I

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Who else is linked?

Umayyads of CordobaCordoba

Source: history · Wikipedia

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