محمد الأول بن عبد الرحمن

Muhammad I, the sixth of the Umayyad amirs in Córdoba, who ruled from 238 to 273 AH. He was born around 207 AH and died in Safar 273 AH, after thirty-five years of his amirate. ²

The rebellious people of Toledo sought help from the kings of Galicia and the Basques, and he met them at the valley of Saliṭa, where he had laid an ambush for them, and defeated them. The number of the dead reached twenty thousand, of the people of Toledo and their allies. ³

In 245 AH Magian ships appeared, and his ships met them, fought them and took two of them as booty. ⁴

In 247 AH he sent a raid to the regions of Pamplona, and took captive Fortun, son of its lord, who remained a captive in Córdoba for twenty years. In his days Merida was laid waste and demolished. ⁴

The Gregorian dates in the data are derived approximately from the Hijri dates.