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When was Abd al-Rahman I born?

  • 7 March 731

  • 12 December 732

  • 5 June 730

  • 18 July 732

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Born on 7 March 731, Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain, played a pivotal role in shaping the Iberian Peninsula's history and culture. After the fall of the Umayyad caliphate in Damascus, he established an independent emirate in Córdoba, ushering in a period of intellectual, artistic, and economic prosperity known as the "Golden Age of Andalusia."
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