Abd al-Rahman II enlarges the mosque

عبد الرحمن الثاني يوسع جامع قرطبة

c. 840 CE · c. 225 AH† – c. 840 CE · c. 225 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Abd al-Rahman II greatly enlarged the mosque's court and aisles in the first half of the ninth century to take the growing city's congregation 1.

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The Umayyad Period
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al-Andalus & Europe
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830840850 c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate

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Great Mosque of Córdoba
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Abd al-Rahman II ibn al-Hakam

People and things also explored

Cordoba· Abd al-Rahman I founds the Great Mosque· Al-Nasir's minaret on the mosque· Al-Hakam II's expansion and mihrab· Al-Mansur's eastern expansion· Majus landing at Seville, 230 AH· Great Mosque of Córdoba· Abd al-Rahman II ibn al-Hakam

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  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari
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Spanish city, capital of the Umayyad emirate and then caliphate of al-Andalus, with its Great Mosque.