the ledger of connections
The Connections of Abd al-Rahman I
Emir of Córdoba from 756 to 788 Every person recorded alongside Abd al-Rahman I in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Abd al-Rahman I in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Mu'awiyah ibn Hisham
- Children
- Hisham I of Córdoba, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil, Ubayd Allah Abu Marwan
- Siblings
- Aban ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 731 CE to 788 CE.
Medieval era
Adi Shankara
788 CE – 820 CE
An Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasticism.
Medieval era
Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah
722 CE – 754 CE
First Abbasid
Medieval era
Abu Jafar al-Mansur
714 CE – October 7, 775 CE
Second Abbasid Caliph (714-775)
Medieval era
Charlemagne
April 2, 748 CE – January 28, 814 CE
King of the Franks crowned first Holy Roman Emperor, father of Europe
Medieval era
Harun al-Rashid
March 7, 766 CE – March 24, 809 CE
5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809)
Medieval era
Al-Khwarizmi
c. 750 CE – 846 CE
Mathematician of Baghdad who gave the world algebra and algorithms
Medieval era
Li Bai
May 19, 701 CE – November 30, 762 CE
Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)
Medieval era
Du Fu
712 CE – 770 CE
Tang dynasty Chinese poet (712–770)
Medieval era
Al-Jahiz
775 CE – 868 CE
Arabic writer (776–869)
Medieval era
Egbert of Wessex
771 CE – 839 CE
King of Wessex
Medieval era
Pepin the Short
715 CE – September 24, 768 CE
King of the Franks from 751 to 768
Medieval era
Louis the Pious
April 16, 778 CE – June 20, 840 CE
King of the Franks