Abd-ar-Rahman V
In the agony of the
Umayyad dynasty in
Spain, two princes of the house were proclaimed caliphs for a very short time,
Abd-ar-Rahman IV Mortada (
1017), and
Abd-ar-Rahman V Mostadir (
1023-
1024). Both were the mere puppets of factions, who deserted them at once. Abd-ar-Rahman IV was murdered the same year he was proclaimed at Guadiz, in flight from a battle in which he had been deserted by his supporters. Abd-ar-Rahman V was proclaimed caliph in December
1023 at
Cordova, and murdered in January
1024 by a mob of unemployed workmen, headed by one of his own cousins.