Abd al-Rahman V
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Abd ar-Rahman V عبدالرحمٰن الخامس | |
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9th Abd ar-Rahman III | |
Mother | Ghaia |
Abd ar-Rahman V (
Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن هشام المستظهر بالله, romanized: ʿAbd 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
- ^ Luis Pericot García (1970). La Alta Edad Media (siglos v al XIII) por J. M. Rubio et al. Instituto Gallach de Librería y Ediciones.