Abd al-Rahman I

Abd al-Rahman I, or, his full name by patronymic record, Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (731–788) is the founder of a Muslim dynasty that rules the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries (including the succeeding Caliphate of Córdoba).

The Muslims cals the regions of Iberia under their dominion al-Andalus.

Abd al-Rahman's establishment of a government in al-Andalus represents a branching from the rest of the Islamic Empire, which had been brought under the Abbasid following the overthrow of the Umayyads from Damascus in 750.

He is also known by appellations al-Dakhil ("the Immigrant"), Saqr Quraish ("the Falcon of the Quraysh") and the "Falcon of Andalus".

Variations of the spelling of his name include Abd ar-Rahman I, Abdul Rahman I and Abderraman I.

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