Abd Allah ibn Muhammad (Umayyad amir of Cordova)

'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad was the seventh Umayyad amir of Cordova. He succeeded his brother al-Mundhir on 15 Safar 275/29 June 888, and reigned for about a quarter of a century until his death on 1 Rabi I 300/16 October 912. ¹

The chronicler Ibn Hayyan described the reign in detail, in the part of his Muqtabis preserved in an Oxford manuscript. Biographers present a flattering picture of him, stressing his sobriety, piety and Islamic culture, and do not mention his cruelty. He kept the Umayyad dynasty alive through a difficult period, against the Andalusian revolt led by the muwallads and the particularist Arab gentry of Seville and Elvira. ¹

The heading on the scan reads "Rahman al-Marwani", but the text is about 'Abd Allah. The heading must be checked against the page image before this record is cited by name. ¹