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Omayyid Amirs of Spain
AD 756 - 912

After being conquered from the Visigoths, the main portion of Iberia was part of the Islamic Empire from 711-756, although there was still some resistance to the invaders in the form of the border counties of Navarre and Barcelona, and the Christian kingdom of Asturias.

After the Abbasid overthrow and massacre of the Omayyads, Spain was one place where Abbasid authority was never asserted. Instead, the Omayyad Prince AburRahman, escaping the massacre, established himself and his line. Eventually, in response to the Fatimid Shiite Caliphate, the Spanish Omayyads proclaimed their own Caliphate.

756 - 788

AburRahman I

Grandson of Hisham. Escaped to Spain during the massacre.

788 - 799

Hisham I

799 - 822

al-Hakam I

822 - 852

AbdurRahman II

852 - 886

Muhammad I

855

The amirs lose control of León to the kingdom of Asturias & Galicia.

886 - 888

al-Mundhir

888 - 912

Abdullah

912 - 1031

In response to the Fatimids establishing an independent caliphate in Tunisia, the Omayyads declare their own Caliphate in Spain.

Omayyad Caliphs of Spain
AD 912 - 1031

912 - 961

AbdurRahman III

961 - 976

al-Hakam II

976 - 1008

Hisham II

1008 - 1009

Muhammad II

1009

Sulayman

1010 - 1012

Hisham II

Restored?

1012 - 1017

Sulayman

Restored?

1017 - 1021

(Ali ibn Hamud)

1021 - 1022

AbdurRahman IV

1022

(al-Qasim)

1022 - 1023

AbdurRahman V

1023 - 1024

Muhammad III

1024 - 1027

(Yahya ibn Ali)

1027 - 1031

Hisham III

1147 - 1229

Islamic Spain is ruled by the North African Almohad Dynasty.

1228 - 1229

The Almohads lose control of Spain to the Christian kingdoms. Only the Nasrid kings remain in Granada.

The Nasrid Kings of Granada
AD 1238 - 1492

1238 - 1273

Mohammad I

1273 - 1303

Mohammad II

1303 - 1309

Mohammad III

1309 - 1312

Nazar

1312 - 1325

Ismail I

1325 - 1333

Mohammad IV

1333 - 1354

Yusef I

1354 - 1359

Mohammad V

1359 - 1361

Ismail II

1361

Abu-Said

1361 - 1391

Mohammad V

Restored?

1391 - 1396

Yusef II

1396 - 1408

Mohammad VI

1408 - 1425

Yusef III

1425 - 1427

Mohammad VII

1427

Mohammad VIII

1427 - 1431

Mohammad VII

Restored?

1431

Ibn Alhamar

1432 - 1445

Mohammad VII

Restored?

1445 - 1454

Ibn Ostman

1454 - 1456

Ibn Ismail

1456 - 1482

Mulay Hasen

1482 - 1492

Abu Abdullah / Boabdil

1492

The Nasrids are conquered by Castille & Aragon, marking the end of Islamic Spain.