Abd ar-Rahman V

Who was Abd ar-Rahman V?

Abd ar-Rahman V was an Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba.

In the agony of the Umayyad dynasty in the Al-Andalus, two princes of the house were proclaimed Caliph of Cordoba for a very short time, Abd-ar-Rahman IV Mortada, and Abd-ar-Rahman V Mostadir. Both were the mere puppets of factions, who deserted them at once. Abd-ar-Rahman IV was murdered the same year he was proclaimed at Cadiz, in flight from a battle in which he had been deserted by his supporters. Abd-ar-Rahman V was proclaimed caliph in December 1023 at Córdoba, and murdered in January 1024 by a mob of unemployed workmen, headed by one of his own cousins.