Muhammad bin 'Abd ar-Rahman bin 'Obayd Allah محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن عبيد الله | |
Succession: | 10th Caliph of Córdoba |
Birth Date: | 976 |
Father: | Abd ar-Rahman bin Ubayd Allah bin Abd ar-Rahman III |
Mother: | Hawra |
Reign: | January 17, 1024 – May 26, 1025[1] |
Predecessor: | Abd-ar-Rahman V |
Dynasty: | Umayyad |
Religion: | Islam |
Muhammad bin 'Abd ar-Rahman bin 'Obayd Allah, known as Muhammad III (Arabic: محمد الثالث) was an Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba in Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia).
Muhammad III ruled after the death of Abd ar-Rahman V from 1024 to 1025[2] but the people of Córdoba revolted against him and fearing the march of Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali, he was forced to flee the city.[3] It is believed that he died after being poisoned when he was 50 years old. He was also the father of the famous poet Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, whom he had with an Iberian Christian slave.[4]