text:  Though Abdurrahman never assumed the title of commander of the faithful he suppressed the _khotbah_ or public prayers in the name of the Abbasides; and when Al-Ala the _wali_ of Africa invaded Spain in order to re-establish the supremacy of the eastern khalif the head of his unsuccessful general thrown before the tent of Al-mansor at Mekka conveyed to him the first tidings of the destruction of the armament by the "hawk of the Koreysh " as he was wont to term Abdurrahman