Polity · 757 CE – 935 CE

Emirate of Córdoba

Emirato de Córdoba · إمارة قرطبة

Peak recorded area
445,047 km²
757 CE
Rulers on record
8
from 756 CE
Sources cited
2
see all

Overview

The Emirate of Córdoba, and from 929, the Caliphate of Córdoba, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its territory comprised most of the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands, and parts of North Africa, with its capital in Córdoba. From 756 it was ruled as an independent emirate until Abd al-Rahman III proclaimed himself as caliph in 929.

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Territory

18 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.

445K km²0757 CE935 CE

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Rulers

8 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.

  1. Abd ar-Rahman Iemir of Cordoba756 CE – 788 CE
  2. Hisham I of Córdobaemir of Cordoba788 CE – 796 CE
  3. Al-Hakam Iemir of Cordoba796 CE – 822 CE
  4. Abd ar-Rahman IIemir of Cordoba822 CE – 852 CE
  5. Muhammad I of Córdobaemir of Cordoba852 CE – 886 CE
  6. Al-Mundhir of Córdobaemir of Cordoba886 CE – 888 CE
  7. Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawiemir of Cordoba888 CE – 912 CE
  8. Abd-ar-Rahman IIIemir of Cordoba912 CE – 929 CE

Language & currency

Official & national languages
Arabic

Sources

Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.

  • Cliopatria

    Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).

  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Emirate of Córdoba is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.

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