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Which caliph's Cordoba library allegedly held 400,000 volumes?

  • Al-Hakam II
  • Abd al-Rahman I
  • Al-Mansur

The answer is Al-Hakam II. In the 10th century.

Al-Hakam II

Al-Hakam II, also known as Abū al-ʿĀṣ al-Mustanṣir bi-Llāh al-Hakam b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, was the Caliph of Córdoba. He was the second Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba in Al-Andalus, and son of Abd-al-Rahman III and Murjan. He ruled from 961 to 976.

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