Muhammad III of Córdoba

Muhammad bin 'Abd ar-Rahman bin 'Obayd Allah (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن عبيد الله), known as Muhammad III (محمد الثالث) was an Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba in Al-Andalus (Moorish Iberia).

Muhammad bin 'Abd ar-Rahman bin 'Obayd Allah محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن عبيد الله
10th Caliph of Córdoba
Reign	January 17, 1024 – May 26, 1025[1]
Predecessor	Abd al-Rahman V
Successor	Yahya ibn Ali
Born	976
Died	1025 (aged 48–49)
Dynasty	Umayyad
Father	Abd ar-Rahman bin Ubayd Allah bin Abd al-Rahman III
Mother	Hawra
Religion	Islam

Muhammad III ruled after the death of Abd al-Rahman V from 1024 to 1025^[2] but the people of Córdoba revolted against him and fearing the march of Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali, he was forced to flee the city.^[3] It is believed that he died after being poisoned when he was 50 years old. He was also the father of the famous poet Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, whom he had with an Iberian Christian slave.^[4]