Umar ibn Hafsun
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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.
Ruins of the Bobastro Church.
Mozarabs
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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
Umar ibn Hafsun
…castle of Bobastro (Arabic: بُبَشْتَر bubastar). He rebuilt the castle, and fortified the nearby town of Ardales. He rallied disaffected Muwallads and Mozarabs to the cause by playing off resentment towards the taxation levels imposed by and the treatment they were receiving at the hands of the Emirate of…
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.