But in 929, Abd-al-Rahman III declared himself caliph of Córdoba in opposition to the Fatimids, who had risen to power in Egypt as the Umayyad Caliphate disintegrated.

Al-Andalus, the lands of the Iberian Peninsula under Muslim rule, had broken away from the Caliphate shortly after the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad dynasty, yonder in Damascus, back in 750.

Christian forces captured the Umayyad capital in 1236, but left its glorious house of worship largely untouched when converting it to a cathedral. HISTORY MAGAZINE Córdoba's stunning mosque ...

Under the Umayyad dynasty, the caliphate of Al-Andalus stretched from Lisbon to Zaragoza, and centred on the Andalusian cities of Córdoba, Granada and Seville.

If the details are sometimes sketchy, it's because the narrative has changed along the way but he is a well-cited figure placed in the Court of Cordoba under the Umayyad Caliphate between 822 and ...

The mosque was indeed begun in the wake of a Muslim conquest—just not the conquest of the Christians. Rather, it was ordered built by the Umayyad emir Abd-ar-Ramman I, probably in part to ...

Now an archeological site, the city was built in the middle of the 10th century by the Umayyad dynasty, according to UNESCO. It served as the seat of the Caliphate of Cordoba.

Under the Umayyad dynasty, the caliphate of Al-Andalus stretched from Lisbon to Zaragoza, and centred on the Andalusian cities of Córdoba, Granada and Seville.