ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (Sanchuelo) - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Ávila, María Luisa
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ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad b. Abī ʿĀmir (Sanchuelo) (d. 399/1009) was an unpopular Andalusian governor whose brief rule was characterised by excess and ended with his execution. Born about 374/984, he was the youngest son of al-Manṣūr b. Abī ʿĀmir and ʿAbda, daughter of the king of Pamplona, Sancho Garcés II Abarca. His mother called him Sanchuelo (Sanjūl), a diminutive of Sancho, in memory of his grandfather. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān was designated ḥājib (chamberlain) by the caliph Hishām II (r. 366-99/976-1009) in 399/