Abd al-Rahman V

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Abd ar-Rahman V
عبدالرحمٰن الخامس
9th
Abd ar-Rahman III
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Abd ar-Rahman V (

Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن هشام المستظهر بالله, romanizedʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn Hishām al-Mustaẓhir bi-llāh) was an Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba
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In the agony of the

Cadiz, in flight from a battle in which he had been deserted by his supporters. Abd-ar-Rahman V was proclaimed caliph in December 1023 at Córdoba, and murdered in January 1024 by a mob of unemployed workmen, headed by one of his own cousins.[1]

References

  1. ^ Luis Pericot García (1970). La Alta Edad Media (siglos v al XIII) por J. M. Rubio et al. Instituto Gallach de Librería y Ediciones.
Abd al-Rahman V
Cadet branch of the Umayyad dynasty
 Died: 1024
Preceded by
Abd ar-Rahman IV
Umayyad Leader
1017–1024
Succeeded by
Muhammad III
Preceded by
Caliph of Córdoba

1023–1024