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title: Statue of Abd al-Rahman I in Spain
author: NoelWalley
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11633/statue-of-abd-al-rahman-i-in-spain/
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license: GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Statue of Abd al-Rahman I in Spain
_Authored by NoelWalley_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11633.jpg)
## Image Caption
A statue of [Abd al-Rahman I](https://www.worldhistory.org/Abd_al-Rahman_I/) (731 – 788 CE) in Almuñécar, Spain. He was the founder of the Emirate (and later [Caliphate](https://www.worldhistory.org/Islamic_Caliphates/)) of Cordoba which rivaled the Abbasids.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abd_ar-Rahman_I.jpg) by [**NoelWalley**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abd_ar-Rahman_I.jpg). Submitted by [Syed Muhammad Khan](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/syedmuhammadkhan21/ "User Page: Syed Muhammad Khan"), published on 28 December 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.