The Caliphate of Córdoba

El califato de Córdoba

929–1031. In 929 the emir Abd al-Rahman III declared himself caliph, making Córdoba the equal of Baghdad and the new Fatimid caliphate in North Africa.

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What happened

In 929 the emir Abd al-Rahman III declared himself caliph, making Córdoba the equal of Baghdad and the new Fatimid caliphate in North Africa. He reunited al-Andalus, built the palace city of Madinat al-Zahra from 936 and added a minaret to the Great Mosque. His son al-Hakam II (961–976) enlarged the mosque again and gathered a library said to hold 400,000 volumes. After al-Hakam's death real power passed to the minister Almanzor, whose raids reached far into the Christian north. Civil war followed his line's fall, and by 1031 the caliphate had dissolved into some thirty small taifa kingdoms.

Its events

1. 16 January 929: The Caliphate of Córdoba

Sources

1. Abd al-Rahman III — World History Encyclopedia
2. The history — Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba (Cabildo Catedral)
3. Alfonso VI y la toma de Toledo – Ricardo Izquierdo Benito (1986) — Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo