Emirate of Córdoba and Abd al-Rahman

The History of Spain Podcast

This is episode 25 called Emirate of Córdoba and Abd al-Rahman and in this episode you will learn:
SHOW NOTES
- Opposition of former wali Yusuf and Syrian commander al-Sumayl
- Revolts of Yusuf's family, local particularistic revolts and Abbasid-backed conspiracies
- The last stand of Emir Abd al-Rahman in Carmona's fortress
- The autonomy of Muslim cities far from Córdoba and the fall of Narbonne in 759, marking the end of Muslim presence in France
- Charlemagne's first campaign in Spain, resulting in a complete failure and the disaster at the Pass of Roncesvalles
- The organization of an Andalusi standing army, improvement of infrastructure and transformation of the capital of the Emirate, Córdoba
- Start of the building of the Great Mosque of Córdoba
- Analysis of the legacy of Abd al-Rahman I of Córdoba
- How interfaith marriages between Muslim men and Christian women were used to pacify and colonize the Iberian Peninsula
- Status of concubines of the Umayyad court and why concubines were useful to preserve the royal dynasty
- My two cents on interfaith relations during the centuries of Islamic hegemony