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Date 711 - c. 2016

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Great Mosque of Córdoba
Byzantine Empire
Battle of Tours
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I
Spain: Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain: Great Mosque of Córdoba
Madīnat al-Zahrāʾ
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Key People

Madīnat al-Zahrāʾ
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III
Umayyad caliph
Great Mosque of Damascus
Umayyad dynasty
Islamic history
Abu Muslim
Muslim leader
Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I
Spanish Umayyad ruler
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān II
Spanish Umayyad ruler