State · 756 – 929

Umayyad state of Córdoba

A state of 756 – 929 — 173 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Wilaya of al-Andalus and followed Umayyad Caliphate. It was followed by Caliphate of Córdoba. The atlas records 14 things within it — wars and battles 3 · people 11. Its line of rulers holds 13 people, 8 with dated terms.

Wikidata's English label: Emirate of Córdoba.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 173 years; 756 – 929
Rulers: 13; the emir of Cordoba
Most ground: 444,600 km²; in 757
Within it: 14; recorded rows

Map: Umayyad state of Córdoba in 757, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Umayyad state of Córdoba in 757, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 444,600 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Wilaya of al-Andalus · replaces
Umayyad Caliphate · follows · 661 – 750

After it

Caliphate of Córdoba · followed by · 929 – 1031

Rulers

The line of emir of Cordoba - the office this state names as its head of state.

died in officeleft alive by a regular road

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Abd al-Rahman I	756 – 788	32 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Hisham I of Córdoba	788 – 796	8 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Al-Hakam I	796 – 822	26 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Abd ar-Rahman II	822 – 852	30 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Muhammad I of Córdoba	852 – 886	34 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Al-Mundhir of Córdoba	886 – 888	2 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Abdullah of Córdoba	888 – 912	24 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Abd al-Rahman III	912 – 929	17 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	grandchild

13 rulers, 8 with terms dated as terms, covering 756 – 929. Median reign 25 years. 0 of 7 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

434,500 km² in 766, 407,800 km² in 926; at its largest 434,500 km² in 766. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

700 – 7995 rows

Abd al-Rahman I · ruler · 731 – 788
Abd ar-Rahman II · ruler · 792 – 852
Hisham I of Córdoba · ruler · 757 – 796
Al-Hakam I · ruler · 771 – 822
Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi · politician · 785 – 862

800 – 8998 rows · 3 wars and battles

Abd al-Rahman III · ruler · 891 – 961
Muhammad I of Córdoba · ruler · 823 – 886
Abdullah of Córdoba · ruler · 844 – 912
Al-Mundhir of Córdoba · ruler · 843 – 888
Battle of Guadalacete · battle · 852
Siege of Barcelona · battle · 800 – 801
Viking raid on Seville · battle · 844
Ibn al-Qitt · ruler · 875 – 901

900 – 9991 row

Ibrahim ibn Yaqub · explorer · 912 – 966

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood173 years
stood longer than 58% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held444,600 km²
held more ground at its peak than 72% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median26 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 77% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record13
has more rulers on record than 85% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 4 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 739 – 946, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 757, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q1337854 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.