730s Births - 730 Births, 731 Births, 732 Births, 733 Births, 734 Births, 735 Births, 736 Births, 737 Births, 738 Births, 739 Births, Alcuin (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: 730 births, 731 births, 732 births, 733 births, 734 births, 735 births, 736 births, 737 births, 738 births, 739 births, Alcuin, Emperor Kammu, Abd al-Rahman I, Emperor Junnin, Autpert Ambrose, Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople, Wang Wujun, Li Baozhen, Hun Zhen, Donnchad Midi, Zhang Xiaozhong, Dou Can, Jia Dan, Du You, Xiao Fu, Beatus of Liebana, Yuan Zi, Li Zhengji, Zheng Xunyu, Zhao Jing, Cui Zao, Lu Mai, Fujiwara no Momokawa, Wake no Kiyomaro, Nandivarman II, Lu Yu, Willehad of Bremen, Telets of Bulgaria, Sri Sanjaya, Dantidurga, Huai Su, Wei Yingwu, Lu Lun, Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi, tomo no Otomaro, Abu Yusuf Ya'qub, Chengguan. Excerpt: Abd al-Rahman I, or, his full name by patronymic record, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (Arabic: 731 - 788) was the founder of the Umayyad Emirate of Cordoba (755), a Muslim dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries (including the succeeding Caliphate of Cordoba). The Muslims called the regions of Iberia under their dominion al-Andalus. Abd al-Rahman's establishment of a government in al-Andalus represented a branching from the rest of the Islamic Empire, which had been usurped by the Abbasid overthrow of the Umayyads from Damascus in 750. He was also known by appelations al-Dakhil ("the Immigrant"), Saqr Quraish ("the Falcon of the Quraysh") and the "Falcon of Andalus." Variations of the spelling of his name include Abd ar-Rahman I, Abdul Rahman I and Abderraman I. Born near Damascus in Syria, Abd al-Rahman, grandson of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, was the son of the Umayyad prince Mu'awiyah ibn Hisham and a Berber concubine. He was twenty when his family, the ruling Umayyads, were overthrown by a popular revolt known as the Abbasid Revolution, occurring in the year 750. Abd al-Rahman and a small sele...