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Upon receiving information that part of the inhabitants of the eastern quarter of Cordoba, Ajarquia, were disaffected with their rulers, a handful of almogávars led by knights acting on their own initiative scaled a tower during a rainy winter night of 1235–1236. After meeting their contacts inside, they eventually seized control of the ...
The Emirate of Córdoba, from 929, the Caliphate of Córdoba, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031. Its territory comprised most of the Iberian Peninsula (known to Muslims as al-Andalus), the Balearic Islands, and parts of North Africa, with its capital in Córdoba (at the time Qurṭubah).
The city of Córdoba in al-Andalus, under the rule of Umayyad Caliph Hisham II al-Hakam, was besieged by Berbers from November 1009 until May 1013, with the city beyond the Roman walls completely destroyed. [1]
816 – Forces of the Emirate of Cordoba under Abd al-Karim ibn Abd al-Wahid defeat a force loyal to the Kingdom of Francia under Balask al-Yalasqi. 822 – Abd-ar-Rahman II becomes Emir of Córdoba. 824 – Basques destroy a Carolingian army at the second Battle of Roncesvalles. Kingdom of Pamplona established.
The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (Arabic: فَتْحُ الأَنْدَلُس, romanized: fatḥu l-andalus; 711–720s), also known as the Arab conquest of Spain, [1] was the Umayyad conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania in the early 8th century.
After the fall of the Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031, Al-Andalus fragmented into a collection of small, independent Taifa emirates. Following the abdication and flight of the last caliph from Córdoba, the city was left without a leader.
The inner city of Cordoba was surrounded by 11 palaces, 22 almuna and 12 arbad (or suburbs), mainly on the right bank of the Guadalquivir, and in particular to the north and west of the city. Not much later, Ibn Bashkuwal lists a total of 21 suburbs (two to the south, three to the north, seven to the east and nine to the west).
45 BCE – Battle of Munda occurs near Cordoba. [2] 294 CE – Hosius becomes bishop. [3] 554 CE – Byzantines in power. [1] 571 – Visigoth Liuvigild in power. [1] 719 – Capital of al-Andalus relocated from Seville to Cordoba. [1] 756 – Abd al-Rahman I, founder and first emir of the Emirate of Córdoba, rules from 756 to 788.