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Emirate and Caliphate of Cordoba
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Emirate and Caliphate of Cordoba
Caliphate
Umayyad Rule
- 929 Abd al-Rahman III.
declares himself caliph
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Califato_de_C%C3%B3rdoba-1000.png
Decline of Caliphate
Cordoba today
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Mezquita_c%C3%B3rdoba_foto_aerea.JPG/800px-Mezquita_c%C3%B3rdoba_foto_aerea.JPG
- 976 Hisham II. becomes caliph
- his administrator Al-Mansur --> parallel dynasty
- revolution of Cordoba 15.02.1009
- 1031 aristocrats decide end
Emirate around 910
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Literature
Bossong, Georg, "Das Maurische Spanien - Geschichte und Kultur", München, 2007, S. 7-23.
Family tree of Umayyads
Vones, Ludwig, "Geschichte der iberischen Halbinsel im Mittelalter (711-1480)", Thorbecke: Reiche-Kronen-Regionen, 1992, S.23-34.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Umayads.gif
Establishing the Emirate
- uniting, stabilizing and strengthening empire
- power mostly through contracts and negotiation
- 756 arriving in Cordoba, claiming himself Emir
Muslims conquer Iberia
- 711 Tariq ibn Ziyad
- 755 Abd al-Rahman