Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir li-Din Allah al-Umawi
The Andalusian amir Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad the Umayyad; as the umma weakened he grew resolute — 'I am the worthiest of the caliphate' — styled amir al-mu'minin al-Nasir li-Din Allah, mastered most of al-Andalus, rooted out the usurpers and took seventy fortresses.
Reign · Caliphate of Córdoba · no. 8 in the chain · 929–961 CE
Ruled the caliphate
Events of the reign
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Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir Takes the Title Commander of the Faithful
When the umma's affairs weakened, the Abbasid pillars tottered and the Qarmatians and innovators overran the provinces, the Andalusian amir Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad the Umayyad grew resolute: 'I am the worthiest of the caliphate' — he styled himself amir al-mu'minin al-Nasir li-Din Allah, mastered most of al-Andalus, rooted out the usurpers and took seventy fortresses. Now there were three men in the world called amir al-mu'minin: the Abbasid in Baghdad, this one in al-Andalus, and the Mahdi at Qayrawan.
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Al-Nasir's minaret on the mosque
Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir built the mosque's celebrated minaret about 951 — climbed by twin staircases meeting only at the top and bearing apples of gold and silver.
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Al-Hakam II's expansion and mihrab
Al-Hakam al-Mustansir made the mosque's celebrated enlargement (961–976), perfecting the mihrab and maqsura with interlaced ribbed domes and mosaic sent by the Byzantine king.
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Battle of Alhandega (939)
Draft card for Battle of Alhandega (939); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Barcelona (935)
Draft card for Battle of Barcelona (935); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Fraxinet (942)
Draft card for Battle of Fraxinet (942); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Gerace (952)
Draft card for Battle of Gerace (952); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Osma (934)
Draft card for Battle of Osma (934); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Simancas
Draft card for the Battle of Simancas (al-Khandaq) in 939, Abd al-Rahman III's defeat by the Leonese-Navarrese coalition; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Embassies from Europe to al-Nasir at Madinat al-Zahra
In 336 al-Nasir Abd al-Rahman staged a reception at Madinat al-Zahra for the envoys of Constantine VII — a sky-blue charter in gold Greek script sealed with four-mithqal gold — where Mundhir ibn Sa'id's impromptu sermon won him the qadiship; then followed embassies from Otto king of the Saqaliba, the German king, and the Frankish kings Hugh and Childebert, to whom al-Nasir sent back Rabi' the bishop.
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Siege of Lerida (942)
Draft card for Siege of Lerida (942); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Madrid (932)
Draft card for Siege of Madrid (932); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Naples (958)
Draft card for Siege of Naples (958); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Siege of Toledo (930–32)
Draft card for Siege of Toledo (930–32); its sources are not yet checked on the page.