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The Taifa of Valencia (Arabic: طائفة بلنسية) was a medieval Moorish taifa kingdom which existed in and around Valencia, Spain during four distinct periods: from 1010 to 1065, from 1075 to 1099, from 1145 to 1147, and from 1229 to 1238, when it was finally conquered by the Crown of Aragon.
Taifa of Valencia | |||||||||||||
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Capital | Valencia | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Arabic, Mozarabic, Berber | ||||||||||||
Religion | Islam (official), Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Judaism | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1010 | ||||||||||||
• To Toledo | 1065–1075 | ||||||||||||
• To Castile/Almoravids | 1099–1102 / 1102–1145 | ||||||||||||
1147–1172 / 1172–1229 | |||||||||||||
• Conquered by Aragon | 1238 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Dirham and Dinar | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Spain |
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From 1094 to 1099 the kingdom was also subject to the rule of legendary military leader El Cid.
List of Rulers edit
Saqlabi non-dynastic rulers edit
- Mubarak and Muzaffar: 1010/1–1017
- Labib al-Fata al-Saqlabi (Tortosa c. 1009–bfr. 1039/40): 1017–1019, d. bfr. 1039
- Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī (in Denia 1010/2–1045): 1017–1021, d. 1045, co-ruler in the beginning with Labib
Amirid dynasty edit
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- Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur: 1021–1061
- Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Muẓaffar: 1061–1065
- Abu-Bakr ibn Abd-al-Aziz : 1075–1085
- Uthman ibn Abi-Bakr : 1085–1086
Dhunnunid dynasty edit
- Yahya al-Qadir (in Toledo 1075–1085): 1086–1092
Yahhafid dynasty edit
- Ibn Jahhaf: 1092–1094
Dynasty of El Cid edit
- El Cid: 1094–1099
- Jimena Díaz: 1099–1102
- To Castile: 1099–1102
- To Almoravids: 1102–1145
'Abd al-'Aziz dynasty edit
- Abu 'Abd al-Malik Marwan: 1145
'Jyaddid dynasty edit
- Abu Muhammad: 1145–1146, d. 1147
Huddid dynasty edit
'Jyaddid dynasty (restored) edit
- Abu Muhammad (restored): 1146–1147
Mardanis dynasty edit
- Zayyan (in Onda 1228–1229, Murcia 1239–1241): 1229–1238, d. 1241
- To Crown of Aragon thereafter
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Fletcher, Richard A. (1991). The Quest for El Cid. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-506955-6.