TIL that Abd al-Rahman III, the 10th-century Muslim Caliph who ruled most of modern-day Spain and Portugal, had blue eyes and reddish-blond hair, which he reportedly dyed black to appear more Arab. Under his reign, Córdoba became Western Europe’s leading intellectual centre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Rahman_III
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