Al-Nasir's minaret on the mosque

صومعة عبد الرحمن الناصر على جامع قرطبة

c. 951 CE · c. 340 AH† – c. 951 CE · c. 340 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 al-Nasir built the mosque's celebrated minaret about 951 — climbed by twin staircases meeting only at the top and bearing apples of gold and silver 1 2.

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The Umayyad Period
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al-Andalus & Europe
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940950960 c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Occurred at
Great Mosque of Córdoba
Had participant
Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir li-Din Allah al-Umawi

People and things also explored

Abd al-Rahman I founds the Great Mosque· Abd al-Rahman II enlarges the mosque· Abd al-Rahman al-Nasir Takes the Title Commander of the Faithful· Al-Hakam II's expansion and mihrab· Al-Mansur's eastern expansion· The battle of Samura (327 AH)· Embassies from Europe to al-Nasir at Madinat al-Zahra· Cordoba

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari
  2. Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing) , p. 212-214
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