On the 22nd of Ramadan in 277 Hijri (January 7, 891 CE), the first Umayyad Caliph of CΓ³rdoba, Abd al-Rahman III was born in al-Andalus. He ruled Spain first as an Emir and later as a Caliph for around half a century (912 - 961 CE).
The reign of Abd al-Rahman III is remembered as the golden age...