Umayyad state of Córdoba
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The Emirate of Córdoba, and from 929, the Caliphate of Córdoba, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its territory comprised most of the Iberian Peninsula, the Bale
Almanzor's troops, as represented in the Cantigas de Santa Maria. The chamberlain carried out wide-ranging military reforms.
The Grand Mosque of Cordoba's hypostyle hall with two-tiered arches in the original section of the mosque built under Emir Abd al-Rahman I.
Gold dinar of Hisham II, dated 396 AH (1006–7 CE)
The Pyxis of al-Mughira, a carved ivory casket made at Madinat al-Zahra dated to 968
Abd al-Rahman I
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya, commonly known as Abd al-Rahman I, was the founder and first emir of the Emirate of Córdoba, ruling from 756 to 788. He established the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus, which
Umayyad state of Córdoba
…time Qurṭubah). From 756 it was ruled as an independent emirate until Abd al-Rahman III proclaimed himself as caliph in 929. The state was founded by Abd al-Rahman I, an Umayyad prince who fled the defeat and persecution of the Umayyad clan in Bilad Al-Sham (Levant) following the Abbasid revolution. The polity…
Dirham coin of Abd al-Rahman I
Modern statue of Abd al-Rahman at Almuñécar
A 19th century depiction of Abd al Rahman I (1865–1871)
An illustration of The Song of Roland from the Grandes Chroniques de France, A romanticization of Battle of Roncevaux Pass.