ISLAMIC SPAIN

Abdul Rahman I landed in Spain in 756, declaring himself ruler of the emirate based around Cordoba. In 785 he ordered the building of the MezquitaMezquitaMezquitaMezquita.... He founded the Umayyad sect who ruled Spain for three centuries. Abdul al Rahman II (792 – 852) 1964

1986

Abdul Al Rahman III (912 – 961) proclaimed the Caliphate of Cordoba

1991 Ibn Hazm (994 – 1064). A polymath and theologian who lived in Cordoba 1986 Al Zargali (1029 – 1087), was born in Granada and moved to Cordoba in his later years, where he developed the SaphaeaAstrolabe Saphaea Astrolabe used by navigators into the C16th 1986

Ibn Rusd Averroes (1126 – 1198) Islamic philosopher and astronomer

1967

Arqueria of the Mezquita of Cordoba. Caliphate mail being sent by pigeon.

1986

Islamic rule lasted until 1492 when Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon reclaimed Spain. Arab messenger 1984