The caliph’s palace sits atop, and the ruins flow down to Al-Andalus’s once bustling administrative and religious centres. A ...

In June Islamic State declared the creation of a caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq ... Abd-ar-Rahman III (889- 961) - Emir and Caliph of Al-Andalus.

IS released a new propaganda video where it says it wants to restore “al-Andalus” – a word for Muslim-ruled areas of Spain and Portugal in the Middle Ages. This video emerged a week after the fatal ...

On June 29, 2014, which coincided with the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) declared the restoration of the caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a shadowy figure with a ...

“Allah willing, Al Andalus will become again what it was, part of the caliphate. Spanish Christians, don’t forget the Muslim blood spilt during the Spanish inquisition.

The swift conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate, taking advantage of the Visigothic kingdom’s succession ... four years after Musa, who was forced to abdicate in favor of his son ...

In June Islamic State declared the creation of a caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq ... Abd-ar-Rahman III (889- 961) - Emir and Caliph of Al-Andalus.

In the buzzing heart of Córdoba, it’s easy to see why the caliphs of Al-Andalus chose the city as the capital of their western European empire in AD 711. The labyrinthine streets – where ...