Muhammad bin 'Abd ar-Rahman bin 'Obayd Allah (), known as Muhammad III () was an Umayyad
Caliph of Cordoba
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
in
Al-Andalus
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Moorish
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Iberia
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
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).
Muhammad III ruled after the death of
Abd ar-Rahman V
Abd ar-Rahman V () was an Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba.
In the agony of the Umayyad dynasty in the Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia), two princes of the house were proclaimed Caliph of Córdoba
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) ...
from 1024 to 1025 when the people of
Córdoba revolted against him and he was forced to leave 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 ( ar, ولادة بنت المستكفي) (born in Córdoba in 994 or 1010 – died March 26, 1091) was an Andalusian poet.
Early life
Wallada was the daughter of Muhammad III of Córdoba, one of the last Umayyad Co ...
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11th-century caliphs of Córdoba
Umayyad caliphs of Córdoba
Deaths by poisoning