Abd ar-Rahman V () was an Umayyad
Caliph of Córdoba.
In the agony of the
Umayyad dynasty in the
Al-Andalus (
Moorish
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Iberia), two princes of the house were proclaimed
Caliph of Córdoba for a very short time,
Abd-ar-Rahman IV Mortada (1017), and Abd-ar-Rahman V Mostadir (1023–1024). Both were the mere puppets of factions, who deserted them at once. Abd-ar-Rahman IV was murdered the same year he was proclaimed at
Cadiz, in flight from a battle in which he had been deserted by his supporters. Abd-ar-Rahman V was proclaimed caliph in December 1023 at
Córdoba, and murdered in January 1024 by a mob of unemployed workmen, headed by one of his own cousins.
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1001 births
1024 deaths
Umayyad caliphs of Córdoba
11th-century caliphs of Córdoba