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 in the year in which he was proclaimed, at Guadiz?, when fleeing 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.