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Abd ar-Rahman ibn Uqba

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Abd ar-Rahman ibn Uqba (Arabic: عبدالرحمن بن عقبة) was the Wali, or governor, of Septimania, an Upper March (administrative division of the Emirate of Córdoba) that substituted Umar ibn Umar in 755.[1][2] During his governing, Narbonne was lost by conquest to the Franks.

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  1. ^ Història de Barcelona: La formació de la Barcelona medieval (in Catalan). Ajuntament de Barcelona. 1992. p. 83. ISBN 978-84-7739-178-4.
  2. ^ Bonnery, André (2005). La Septimanie: au regard de l'histoire (in French). Loubatières. p. 109. ISBN 978-2-86266-462-0.