Talk:Abd ar-Rahman I

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1 Expansion
2 Exile
3 Fight for the Right
4 Adding category

[edit] Expansion

I have completed a lot of research on Abd al-Rahman I's wondrous story. I felt that the existing account of Abd al-Rahman was told in rather simple terms, and that a lot of the meat of the story was ommitted. Over the next couple of weeks I intend to completely overhaul Abd al-Rahman's page. For my freshman effort I have concentrated on the section entitled 'Flight from Syria'. Any comments or advice? Thucydides1-talk

[edit] Exile

I finally finished the rather large recounting of Abd al-Rahman I's enigmatic voyage from Syria to Spain. If you truly want a more detailed version of the story I suggest you read Ahmed ibn Muhammad al-Makkari's (AKA al-Makkari) "The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain". It is such a fascinating read! Al-Makkari also uses the work of previous Muslim historians to offer different accounts of what happened. Good stuff! The next section I'll be working on (as time allows) is "Fight for the Right". By that I mean, of course, fighting for the right to rule Muslim Spain. Abd al-Rahman's ascention will not be easy, and then it will remain tenous at best. Thucydides1.

[edit] Fight for the Right

Yes! The story of Abd al-Rahman's struggle to gain power in al-Andalus is better than sliced bread with butter!! Abd al-Rahman definitely had to juggle many things at once, as politicians are apt to do. Thucydides1.