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  • Record Number: 45954
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Abu Marwan Hayyan ibn Hayyan
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  • Title: Toda of Navarre and 'Abd Al-Rahman III a. The Queen and the Caliph
  • Source: Texts from the Middle: Documents from the Mediterranean World, 650–1650.  Edited by Thomas E. Burman, Brian A. Catlos and Mark D. Meyerson.  University of California Press, 2022.  Pages 14 - 17.
  • Description: In this excerpt from the Islamic historian Abu Marwan Hayyan ibn Hayyan's account of the history of al-Andalus, the dowager queen Toda asks for peace from her nephew, 'Abd Al-Rahman III, in hopes of securing her son's accession to the throne of Pamplona.
  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Diplomacy Peace Queens
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  • Geographic Area: Iberia
  • Century: 10- 11
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  • Related Resources: The text is adapted from Crónica del califa Abderramán III an-Násir entre los años 912 y 942 = (Al-Muqtabis V), trans. Maria Jesús Viguera y Federico Corriente (Anubar, 1981).
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  • Year of Publication: 2022.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9780520296534