Fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Spain
- Date: 1031
Article abstract: The fall of the caliphate of Córdoba marks the receding political power of Muslim Spain and its loss of cultural influence.
Summary of Event
The tenth century was the golden age of Muslim Spain, and Córdoba was its political and intellectual center. Yet the roots of the downfall of the Umayyad caliphate in al-Andalus can be found in the caliphate’s rapid rise to power.
On January 16, 929, ʿAbd al-Rahmān III proclaimed himself caliph, an act which separated Córdoba from the caliphate at Baghdad. Córdoba, a city with a...
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