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.
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| Name | Uqba, Abd al-Rahman ben |
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| Short description | Andalusian noble |
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“For of fortunes sharp adversitee
The worst kynde of infortune is this,
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—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)