Abd-ar-Rahman III

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Name:	Abd al-Rahman, III
Birth Date:	January 7, 891
Death Date:	October 15, 961
Place of Birth:	Cordova, Spain
Nationality:	Spanish
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	caliph

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Biography of Abd al-Rahman, III
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Abd al-Rahman III (891-961) was the greatest of the Umayyad rulers of Spain and the first to take the title of Caliph. During his reign Islamic Spain became wealthy and prosperous. Abd al-Rahman III, called al-Nasir or the Defender (of the Faith), was...

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Abd-ar-Rahman III (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الثالث) was the Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (912-961), and a prince of the Ummayad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia). He ascended the throne when he was twenty-two years of age, and reigned...

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The Southern Review

The fourteen happy days of Abd ar-Rahman III. (poem)
06/22/1998: 293 words, approx. 1 pages

I have known only fourteen happy days in my life. --last words of Abd ar-Rahman III The first was when he heard her name: Azahara. The second was the time he met her and decided that the...

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Abd-ar-Rahman III

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