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Also Known As al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh • ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Rabḍī ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil • ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad
Born January 891
Died October 15, 961 (aged 70) • Córdoba
Title / Office caliph (929-961), Córdoba, Caliphate of

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