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Abdur-Rahman I MBTI Personality Type

Abdur-Rahman I MBTI Personality Type

Abdur-Rahman I Personality Type

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What personality type is Abdur-Rahman I? Abdur-Rahman I is an INTJ personality type in MBTI, - - in Enneagram, in Big 5, in Socionics.

He was literally known as the "Falcon of Quraysh" and alternatively as the "Falcon of Andalus". This is credited to his independant judgement. His story is epic. Born into royalty all his family was massacred by a usurping dynasty. He managed to escape on his own with the army persuing close behind and travelled in disguise to the fringes of the empire where he found support, raised an army and rebuilt his own kingdom which he ruled abely for 30 years.

Biography

Abd al-Rahman I, more fully Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (731–788) (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن معاوية بن هشام بن عبد الملك بن مروان الداخل‎), was the founder of a Muslim dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries (including the succeeding Caliphate of Córdoba). Abd al-Rahman was a member of the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus, and his establishment of a government in Iberia represented a break with the Abbasids, who had overthrown the Umayyads in 750. Abd al-Rahman continued in his improvement of al-Andalus' infrastructure. He ensured roadways were begun, aqueducts were constructed or improved, and that a new mosque was well funded in his capital at Córdoba. Construction on what would in time become the world-famous Great Mosque of Córdoba was started circa the year 786. Abd al-Rahman knew that one of his sons would one day inherit the rule of al-Andalus, but that it was a land torn by strife. In order to successfully rule in such a situation, Abd al-Rahman needed to create a reliable civil service and organize a standing army. He felt that he could not always rely on the local populace in providing a loyal army; and therefore bought a massive standing army consisting mainly of Berbers from North Africa[23] as well as slaves from other areas. The total number of soldiers under his command was nearly 40,000. As was common during the years of Islamic expansion from Arabia, religious tolerance was practiced.