Muhammad bin 'Abd ar-Rahman bin 'Obayd Allah (), known as Muhammad III () was an Umayyad

Caliph of Cordoba A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entir ...

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(

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). Muhammad III ruled after the death of

Abd al-Rahman V Abd ar-Rahman V () was an Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba. During the decline of the Umayyad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia), two princes of the house were proclaimed Caliph of Córdoba A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public ...

from 1024 to 1025 but the people of

Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, the second largest city in Argentina and the capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cord ...

revolted against him and fearing the march of Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali, he was forced to flee the city. It is believed that he died after being poisoned when he was 50 years old. He was also the father of the famous poet

Wallada bint al-Mustakfi Wallada bint al-Mustakfi () (born in Córdoba in 994 or 1001 – 26 March 1091) was an Andalusian poet and the daughter of the Umayyad Caliph Muhammad III of Córdoba. Early life Wallada was the daughter of Muhammad III of Córdoba, one of the ...

, whom he had with an Iberian Christian slave.

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