Abd al-Rahman V
Abd ar-Rahman V عبدالرحمٰن الخامس | |
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9th Caliph of Córdoba | |
Reign | 1023 – 1024 |
Predecessor | al-Qasim al-Ma'mun |
Successor | Muhammad III |
Born | 1001 |
Died | 1024 (aged 22–23) Cordoba |
Dynasty | Umayyad |
Father | Hisham bin Abd al-Jabbar bin 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.
In the agony of the Umayyad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia), two princes of the house were proclaimed Caliph of Córdoba for a very short time, Abd-ar-Rahman IV Mortada (1017), and Abd-ar-Rahman V Mostadir (1023–1024). Both were the mere puppets of factions, who deserted them at once. Abd-ar-Rahman IV was murdered the same year he was proclaimed at 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.
Abd al-Rahman V Cadet branch of the Umayyad dynasty Died: 1024 | ||
Preceded by | Umayyad Leader 1017–1024 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Caliph of Córdoba 1023–1024 |
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- Abd al-Rahman III
- Al-Hakam II
- Hisham II
- Muhammad II
- Sulayman
- Hisham II
- Sulayman
- Abd Allah al-Mu'ayti
- Abd al-Rahman IV
- Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir[H]
- Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun ibn Hammud[H]
- Yahya ibn Ali al-Mu'tali[H]
- Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun ibn Hammud[H]
- Abd al-Rahman V
- Muhammad III
- Yahya ibn Ali al-Mu'tali[H]
- Hisham III