Caliph · 891 to 961
Abd al-Rahman III
Ruled al-Andalus for almost fifty years and declared himself caliph in 929. Under him Cordoba became one of the largest and richest cities in Europe, and he built the palace city of Madinat al-Zahra.
At a glance
- Lived
- 891 to 961
- Role
- Caliph
- Era
- Three caliphs at once
- Chapter
- 4. Al-Andalus and the Subcontinent
Abd al-Rahman III's world
1000: Three caliphs at once
From 929 to 1031 three rulers called themselves caliph: the Abbasid in Baghdad, the Fatimid in Cairo and the Umayyad in Cordoba. In the east, Mahmud of Ghazni led seventeen campaigns into India between 1001 and 1027.
People of the same era
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