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Abd al-Rahman I

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (Arabic: عبد الرحمن إبن معاوية إبن هشام, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām; 7 March 731 – 30 September 788), commonly known as Abd al-Rahman I, was the founder and first emir of the Emirate of Córdoba, ruling from 756 to 788. He established the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus, which continued for nearly three centuries (including the succeeding Caliphate of Córdoba). Abd al-Rahman was a member of the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus, and his establishment of a government in Iberia represented a break with the Abbasids, who had overthrown the Umayyads in Damascus in 750. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abd al-Rahman I has received more than 757,985 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Abd al-Rahman I is the 641st most popular politician (up from 659th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Syria and the 5th most popular Syrian Politician.

Abd al-Rahman I was a Muslim ruler of the Umayyad dynasty. He's most famous for his conquests in North Africa, which led to the creation of the Emirate of Cordoba.

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Among politicians, Abd al-Rahman I ranks 641 out of 19,576. Before him are Hafez al-Assad, Henry I of France, Árpád, Charles I of Anjou, Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, and Robert Mugabe. After him are Gaiseric, Ehud Barak, Farouk of Egypt, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Ptolemy III Euergetes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 731, Abd al-Rahman I ranks 1. After him are Abu Yusuf, Telets of Bulgaria, and Ōtomo no Otomaro. Among people deceased in 788, Abd al-Rahman I ranks 1. After him are Śāntarakṣita, Mauregatus of Asturias, Adalgis, and Ælfwald I of Northumbria.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Abd al-Rahman I ranks 6 out of 210. Before him are Elagabalus (203), John of Damascus (676), Yazid I (647), Zenobia (240), and Hafez al-Assad (1930). After him are Pope Gregory III (700), Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Apollodorus of Damascus (50), and Ibn Kathir (1301).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Abd al-Rahman I ranks 5. Before him are Elagabalus (203), Yazid I (647), Zenobia (240), and Hafez al-Assad (1930). After him are Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), and Al-Adil I (1145).

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