Abd al-Rahman I
✓ Source-basedrisingEmir of Córdoba from 756 to 788
He was the dynasty's sole survivor - a prince who fled massacre in Damascus, crossed North Africa on foot, and carved out a new kingdom in Spain that outlasted the empire that tried to kill him.
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya was born into the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus on 7 March 731, when his family ruled the Islamic world. That ended in 750 when the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads and hunted down the remnants. Abd al-Rahman escaped, made his way across North Africa, and landed in Iberia in 755. Within a year he had seized Córdoba and declared himself emir, founding the Emirate of Córdoba in 756 in open defiance of the Abbasid caliphate. He ruled for thirty-two years until his death on 30 September 788, and the state he built endured nearly three centuries. His surnames recorded the fact: al-Dakhil, "the Immigrant," and Saqr Quraysh, "the Falcon of Quraysh."
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