'Abd al‐Rahman I

Japanese: アブド･アッラフマーン[1世]（英語表記）‘Abd al‐Rahmān I

731‐788
Founder of the Later Umayyad Caliphate. Reigned 756-788. His grandfather was Hisham, the 10th caliph of the Umayyad dynasty. After the fall of the Umayyad dynasty in 750, he fled to North Africa, crossed over to Spain in 756 and established the Later Umayyad Caliphate in Cordoba, where he laid the foundations of the dynasty by quelling Berber rebellions and rebellions orchestrated by the Abbasid Caliphate. His battle with Charlemagne over the possession of Zaragoza is sung in the medieval European epic poem The Song of Roland. [Hanada Uaki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

731‐788
後ウマイヤ朝の創建者。在位756‐788年。祖父はウマイヤ朝第10代カリフ，ヒシャーム。750年ウマイヤ朝の滅亡により北アフリカに逃れ，756年スペインに渡ってコルドバに後ウマイヤ朝を開き，ベルベル人の反乱やアッバース朝が糸を引く反乱を鎮めて王朝の基礎を築いた。サラゴサの領有をめぐるカール大帝との戦いは，中世ヨーロッパの武勲詩《ローランの歌》にうたわれている。【花田宇秋】

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