Emirate of Córdoba
Independent Islamic emirate in the Iberian Peninsula (756–929) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Emirate of Córdoba (Arabic: إمارة قرطبة, romanized: Imārat Qurṭubah) or Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba[2][3][4] was a medieval Islamic kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula.
It has been suggested that this article be merged with Caliphate of Córdoba. (Discuss) Proposed since July 2024. |
Emirate of Córdoba | |||||||||
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756–929 | |||||||||
Capital | Córdoba | ||||||||
Common languages | Andalusian Arabic, Berber, Mozarabic, Medieval Hebrew | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam (official), Judaism, Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
Government | Islamic absolute monarchy | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
15 May 756 | |||||||||
16 January 929 | |||||||||
Currency | Dirham | ||||||||
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Today part of | Portugal Spain |
The territories of the emirate in southern, central, and eastern Iberia, located in what the Muslims called al-Andalus, had come under Muslim rule since the conquest of Visigothic Hispania by the Umayyad Caliphate in 711-719. After the caliphate was overthrown by the Abbasid Revolution in 750, the Umayyad prince Abd al-Rahman I fled the former capital of Damascus and established an independent emirate in southern Iberia in 756.
The provincial capital of Córdoba (Arabic: قرطبة Qurṭuba) was made the capital, and within decades grew into one of the largest and most prosperous cities in the Mediterranean Region. After initially recognizing the legitimacy of the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad, in 929 emir Abd al-Rahman III declared the independence of the Caliphate of Córdoba, proclaiming himself as caliph.