Mozarabs
Videos
The Mozarabs, or more precisely Andalusi Christians, were the Christians of al-Andalus, or the territories of Iberia under Muslim rule from 711 to 1492. Following the Umayyad conquest of the Visigothi
Mozarabic church of Santiago de Peñalba c. 1960
León Antiphonary Folio (11th-century), León Cathedral
Mozarab mural painting from San Baudelio de Berlanga, now in the Prado Museum
Pelagius is depicted in the 1660 Martyrs Mirror.
Umar ibn Hafsun
Videos
Umar ibn Hafsun ibn Ja'far ibn Salim, known in Spanish history as Omar ben Hafsun, was a 9th-century political and military leader who contested Umayyad power in Iberia.
Mozarabs
…original Mozarabs. A prominent example of a Muslim who became a Mozarab by embracing Christianity is the Andalusi rebel and anti-Umayyad military leader Umar ibn Hafsun. The Mozarabs of Muslim origin were descendants of those Muslims who converted to Christianity following the conquest of Toledo, and perhaps also…
Ruins of the Bobastro Church.