Abdul Rahman Al Gafiki

Charles de Steubenova Bitka kod Poitiersa u oktobru 732 pokazuje trijumfalnog Karla Martela (na konju) suočenog sa Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqijem (desno) u bitci kod Poitiersa.

Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi (? -732; arapski: عبد الرحمن الغافقي‎), također poznat kao Abd er Rahman, Abdderrahman, Abderame, i Abd el-Rahman, bio je omejadski arapski guverner al-Andalusa poznat po velikom pohodu na današnju Francusku koji je 10. oktobra 732. rezultirao velikom bitkom kod Poitiersa gdje je poražen od strane franačkog majrodoma Karla Martela i u kojoj je poginuo.[1] Njegovo puno ime je bilo Abu Said Abdul Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Bishr ibn Al Sarem Al 'Aki Al Ghafiqi.

Prethodi:
Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani
Guverner Al-Andalusa
721–722
Slijedi:
Anbasa ibn Suhaym Al-Kalbi
Prethodi:
Muhammed ibn Abd al-Malik al-Ashja'i
Guverner Al-Andalusa
730–732
Slijedi:
Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri

Literatura

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  • The New Century Book of Facts, King-Richardson Company, Springfield, 1911