Abd al-Rahman ben Uqba
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Abd al-Rahman ben Uqba was the Wali, or governor, of Septimania
, an Upper Mark (administrative division of the Cordobese emirate) that substituted Aumar ben Aumar
in 755. During his governing, Narbonne
was lost by conquest to the Franks
.
Septimania
Septimania was the western region of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis that passed under the control of the Visigoths in 462, when Septimania was ceded to their king, Theodoric II. Under the Visigoths it was known as simply Gallia or Narbonensis. It corresponded roughly with the modern...
, an Upper Mark (administrative division of the Cordobese emirate) that substituted Aumar ben Aumar
Aumar ben Aumar
Aumar ben Aumar was Governor of Septimania and Upper Mark, administrative divisions in the Muslim Cordobese emirate. Governed from 747 to C. 755 and lost Nîmes, Agde, Béziers and Melguelh in 752, but Narbonne, the capital, resisted for about seven years....
in 755. During his governing, Narbonne
Narbonne
Narbonne is a commune in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Once a prosperous port, it is now located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea...
was lost by conquest to the Franks
Franks
The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a...
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