Abd ar-Rahman IV.
Abd ar-Rahman IV. Al-Murtada ( Arabic عبد الرحمن المرتضى, DMG ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Murtaḍā ; † 1018 ) was Caliph of Cordoba (1018).
Abd ar-Rahman IV came from the Umayyad dynasty and was the son of Mohammed, a grandson of the caliph Abd ar-Rahman III. In Valencia , where he had retired, he was elevated to caliph by some Berber leaders after the Hammudids under Ali ibn Hammud an-Nasir had come to power in the Caliphate of Cordoba and took over the office of caliph. Although he was able to ally himself with the Muslim governor of Saragossa and the Count of Barcelona , he could not permanently drive the Hammudids out of Cordoba. During an attack on Granada he was abandoned by his Berber troops, defeated and murdered while fleeing near Guadix .
literature
- Arnold Hottinger : The Moors. Arabic culture in Spain. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7705-3075-6 .
- Évariste Lévi-Provençal : Abd al-Rahman IV , in: Encyclopaedia of Islam , 2nd edition, Vol. 1 (1960), p. 84
- Évariste Lévi-Provençal: Histoire de l'Espagne musulmane , 1944-53, vol. 2, pp. 328-330.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ali ibn Hammud an-Nasir |
Caliph of Cordoba 1018 |
al-Qasim al-Ma'mun |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abd ar-Rahman IV. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abd ar-Rahman IV. Al-Murtada (full name); عبد الرحمن المرتضى (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Caliph of Cordoba (1018) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1018 |
| Place of death | at Guadix |