Abd al-Rahman I Quotes


Do not allow your hatred of a people to incite you not to act equitably.


Context

Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan


Citations

Abd al-Rahman I, 731–788, Ruler & Founder of The Moslem Dynasty in Spain, Quoted in David Levering Lewis, God’s Crucible, 2008

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Abd al-Rahman I
Abd al-Rahman I
  • Born:
  • Died: September 30, 0788
  • Nationality: Arabic
  • Profession: Ruler

Abd al-Rahman I, more fully Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (731–788) was the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia 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 750.