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A bronze bust of Abd al-Rahman III, the first Caliph of Córdoba, was unveiled in June 2016 in the small Spanish town of Cadrete near Zaragoza in Aragon. Three years later, it was removed by the right-wing new local government. The removal prompted debate on how Spain should interpret the legacy of Al-Andalus, the Muslim realms of the Middle Ages.
1976 Stone and marble Statues Damascus – Al Shaab Gallery; 1979 Big Stone Statues expo – Aleppo Al Sabil public garden; 1979 Exhibiting 6 huge statues of stone – Damascus National Museum garden; 1980 Collection of small bronze statues – Damascus Al Shaab Gallery; 1981 Collection of small bronze statues – Rome Potico di Guadri Gallery
Abd al-Rahman was the son of Mu'awiya, son of Hisham, son of Abd al-Malik, according to Abd el-Wahid Merrakechi when reciting his ancestry. [34] Abd al-Rahman's mother was a member of the Nafza Berbers with whom he found refuge after the murder of his family in 750. [35] Abd al-Rahman married a Spanish Sephardi woman named Hulal.
Texas State Bank opened its first branch in 1991. The bank operated in Shelby, Angelina, and Tyler Counties. The bank was purchased by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria along with State National Bank for $2.6 billion USD in 2006. [1] In 2019, the bank merged with American State Bank, with American State Bank being the successor of the merger. [2]
Emir Abd Al-Rahman made his way through Gascony and Aquitaine, according to one unidentified Arab, "That army went through all places like a desolating storm," [citation needed] sacking and capturing the city of Bordeaux, after defeating Duke Odo of Aquitaine in battle outside the city, and then again defeating a second army of Duke Odo at the ...
A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander has been beheaded at the University of Houston. ‘Show the violated work’: Artist requests beheaded sculpture remains on ...
Researchers in the 1970s uncovered McKim's architectural drawings for the State House showing at one point a statue of a female figure holding a stalk on top of the building, but it is unclear if ...
Mawlay Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الرحمن), known as Muhammad IV (Arabic: محمد الرابع), born in Fes in 1803 and died in Marrakesh in 1873, was the Sultan of Morocco from 28 August 1859 to 16 September 1873 as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was proclaimed sultan after the death of his father, Abd ...