Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Umayyad chief minister (born 983)

Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo

Caliphate of Córdoba chief minister (983-1009)

Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, nicknamed Sanchol, was the ʿĀmirid hajib of the Caliphate of Córdoba under Caliph Hisham II from October 1008, at a time when actual power in the caliphate was vested in the hajib. The Caliph nominated him as heir a month later, but he was deposed by a…