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Muhammad bin 'Abd ar-Rahman bin 'Obayd Allah (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن عبيد الله), known as Muhammad III (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 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. 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.

References

1. Flood, Timothy M. (9 November 2018). Rulers and Realms in Medieval Iberia, 711-1492. McFarland. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4766-3372-5. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
2. Arbuthnot, F. F. (1890). Arabic Authors: A Manual of Arabian History and Literature. London: W. Heinemann. p. 22. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
3. Elliott, William (1975). The Attempt of a New Damascus: Cordoba Under the Caliphate (Master of Arts thesis). Creighton University. p. 76. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
4. Bouachrine, Ibtissam (21 May 2014). Women and Islam: Myths, Apologies, and the Limits of Feminist Critique. Lexington Books. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7391-7907-9. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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Caliphs of Damascus (661–750)	Mu'awiya I Yazid I Mu'awiya II Marwan I Abd al-Malik Al-Walid I Sulayman Umar Yazid II Hisham Al-Walid II Yazid III Ibrahim Marwan II
Emirs of Córdoba (756–929)	Abd al-Rahman I Hisham I Al-Hakam I Abd ar-Rahman II Muhammad I al-Mundhir Abdullah Abd al-Rahman III
Caliphs of Córdoba (929–1031)	Abd al-Rahman III Al-Hakam II Hisham II Muhammad II Sulayman Hisham II Sulayman Abd Allah al-Mu'ayti Abd al-Rahman IV Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun ibn Hammud Yahya ibn Ali al-Mu'tali Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun ibn Hammud Abd al-Rahman V Muhammad III Yahya ibn Ali al-Mu'tali Hisham III
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