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| Abd ar-Rahman, Muslim governor of Spain |
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| (äb´´där-rämän´) (KEY) , d. 732, Muslim governor of Spain (72132). Invading Aquitaine in 732, he won a victory over the Franks at Toulouse but was defeated in the battle of Tours by Charles Martel. |
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