{"slug": "abd-al-rahman-i", "label": "Abd al-Rahman I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Rahman_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29000", "qid": "Q29000", "description": "Emir of Córdoba from 756 to 788", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [731, 788], "span_label": ["731 CE", "788 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "emirate-of-cordoba", "label": "Emirate of Córdoba", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "abbasid", "label": "Abbasid", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "caliphate-of-cordoba", "label": "Caliphate of Córdoba", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portugal", "label": "Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seville", "label": "Seville", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kufa", "label": "Kufa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 731, "year_label": "731 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Abd al-Rahman I, Muslim emir of Córdoba (d. 788)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358697487#Births", "title": "731", "revid": 1358697487, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 750, "year_label": "750 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – Marwan II is caught and killed at Faiyum by supporters of the Abbasid caliph As-Saffah. Almost the entire Umayyad Dynasty is assassinated; Prince Abd al-Rahman I escapes to Al-Andalus. The Abbasids assume control of the Islamic world and establish their first capital at Kufa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358128937#Arab_Caliphate", "title": "750", "revid": 1358128937, "section": "Events › Arab Caliphate"}}, {"year": 755, "year_label": "755 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September", "text": "September – Abd al-Rahman I, a member of the Umayyad Dynasty, lands at Almuñécar in al-Andalus (modern Spain), where over the next years he will establish the Emirate of Córdoba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847491#Europe", "title": "755", "revid": 1340847491, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 756, "year_label": "756 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Prince Abd al-Rahman I and his followers capture the city of Seville without violence. He defeats Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri in a battle for control of the Muslim-ruled parts of the Iberian Peninsula (al-Andalus). Abd al-Rahman establishes the Emirate of Córdoba. During his reign trade and culture flourish, along with the construction of Islamic architecture (including the Great Mosque of Córdoba).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654675#Europe", "title": "756", "revid": 1366654675, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 762, "year_label": "762 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Ala ibn Mugith, supporter of the Abbasid cause, is defeated by the Umayyad emir of al-Andalus, Abd al-Rahman I, at Beja (modern-day Portugal).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847727#Europe", "title": "762", "revid": 1340847727, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 763, "year_label": "763 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In 763 Al-Mansur sent his troops to conquer Al-Andalus for the Abbasid empire. But the ruler Abd al-Rahman I successfully defended his territory. Al-Mansur withdrew and thereafter focused his troops on holding the eastern part of his empire on lands that were once part of Persia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487766#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "763", "revid": 1359487766, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 777, "year_label": "777 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Abbasid–Carolingian alliance: Charlemagne receives a request for support from pro-Abbasid rulers in the eastern thughur, or military frontier zone of the Emirate of Córdoba. Several powerful officials and noblemen in northeastern Iberia, such as the governors of Barcelona and Zaragoza, seek to rise up against the Umayyad emir Abd al-Rahman I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348716720#Europe", "title": "AD 777", "revid": 1348716720, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 784, "year_label": "784 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Abd al-Rahman I, Muslim emir of Córdoba (Al-Andalus), begins the construction of the Prayer Hall of the Great Mosque of Córdoba. He uses the mosque (originally called Aljama Mosque) as an adjunct to his palace, and names it in honour of his wife.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848263#Arabian_Empire", "title": "784", "revid": 1340848263, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 788, "year_label": "788 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Abd al-Rahman I, emir of Córdoba, dies after a 32-year reign and is succeeded by his son Hisham I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753395#Europe", "title": "788", "revid": 1364753395, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 788, "year_label": "788 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Abd al-Rahman I, Muslim emir of Córdoba (b. 731)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753395#Deaths", "title": "788", "revid": 1364753395, "section": "Deaths"}}]}