ABDURAHMAN I - FOUNDER OF THE EMIRATE OF CORDOVA

Abstract

This article examines the political situation in Andalusia and the formation of the Umayyad branch of the European dynasty - the Emirate of Cordoba - through the person of Abd al-Rahman I. Abd al-Rahman I, who escaped execution as a result of the seizure of power in the East by the Abbasids, traveled a long way to Andalusia and established his power there. The article analyzes his policy of centralizing the state, strengthening the borders, creating a tax and army system, as well as his great architectural activity, which laid the foundation for the construction of the Great Mosque of Cordoba.

It is also revealed, based on an analysis of available sources and literature, that Abdurrahman I’s political successors continued during the reign of Hisham I, that military campaigns and internal administration were strengthened, and that the state-building initiated by Abdurrahman I reached its peak with the proclamation of the Caliphate of Cordoba by Abdurrahman III in 929.