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Cordoba, Also Qurtuba, Corduba, Cordoba

City

CityAlso Qurtuba, Corduba, Cordoba

Cordobaقرطبة

Capital of al-Andalus, once among the largest and most learned cities in Europe.

Abd al-Rahman I, the Umayyad prince who escaped the Abbasids, made it his capital in 756 and began its Great Mosque. Under the caliphate of Abd al-Rahman III in the 900s it had paved streets, lamps and great libraries. Ibn Hazm and Ibn Rushd were born here; Castile took the city in 1236.

What happened here?

Who lived here?

Abd al-Rahman IHisham IAl-Hakam IAbd al-Rahman IIMuhammad I of CordobaAl-MundhirAbdallah ibn MuhammadAbd al-Rahman IIIAl-Hakam IIHisham IIAl-Mansur ibn Abi AmirHisham IIIYahya ibn Yahya al-LaythiIbn Abd al-BarrIbn HazmAbbas ibn FirnasIbn RushdAl-Bakri

Who else is linked?

Al-ZahrawiUmayyad CaliphateUmayyads of CordobaAlmoravids and Almohads

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