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Taifa Of Valencia
The Taifa of Valencia () 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 last from 1229 to 1238 when it was finally conquered by the Aragon. From 1094 to 1099 the kingdom was also subject to the rule of legendary military leader El Cid. List of Rulers Saqlabi non-dynastic rulers * 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 * Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur: 1021–1061 * Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Muẓaffar: 1061–1065 ** To Al-Mamun of Toledo: 1065–1075 * : 1075–1085 * : 1085–1086 Dhunnunid dynasty * Yahya al-Qadir (in Toledo 1075–1085): 1086–1092 Yahhafid dynasty *Ibn Jahhaf: 1092–1094 Dynasty of El Cid *El Cid: 1094– ...
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Crown Of Aragon
The Crown of Aragon ( , ) an, Corona d'Aragón ; ca, Corona d'Aragó, , , ; es, Corona de Aragón ; la, Corona Aragonum . was a composite monarchy ruled by one king, originated by the dynastic union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona and ended as a consequence of the War of the Spanish Succession. At the height of its power in the 14th and 15th centuries, the Crown of Aragon was a thalassocracy controlling a large portion of present-day eastern Spain, parts of what is now southern France, and a Mediterranean empire which included the Balearic Islands, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Malta, Southern Italy (from 1442) and parts of Greece (until 1388). The component realms of the Crown were not united politically except at the level of the king, who ruled over each autonomous polity according to its own laws, raising funds under each tax structure, dealing separately with each ''Corts'' or ''Cortes'', particularly the Kingdom of Aragon, the Principality of Catalonia, ...
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Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus DIN 31635, translit. ; an, al-Andalus; ast, al-Ándalus; eu, al-Andalus; ber, ⴰⵏⴷⴰⵍⵓⵙ, label=Berber languages, Berber, translit=Andalus; ca, al-Àndalus; gl, al-Andalus; oc, Al Andalús; pt, al-Ândalus; es, al-Ándalus () was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern Spain and Portugal. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most of the peninsula and a part of present-day southern France, Septimania (8th century). For nearly a hundred years, from the 9th century to the 10th, al-Andalus extended its presence from Fraxinetum into the Alps with a series of organized raids and chronic banditry. The name describes the different Arab and Muslim states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. These boundaries changed constantly as the Christian Reconquista progressed,"Para los autores árabes medievales, el término Al-And ...
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Abd Al-Aziz Al-Mansur
Abd-al-Aziz al-Mansur was the king of the Taifa of Valencia between 1021 and 1061. He was the son of Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo. He was two years old at the time of his father's violent death and was taken for safekeeping to Zaragoza, where he grew up. At the age of fifteen, with the help of Zaragoza, a coup installed him as king of Valencia. He was responsible for the construction of the Arab wall of the city of Valencia, of which some of the sections still stand today. According to the geographer al-Urdi Al-Urdi (full name: Moayad Al-Din Al-Urdi Al-Amiri Al-Dimashqi) () (d. 1266) was a medieval Syrian Arab astronomer and geometer. Born circa 1200, presumably (from the nisba ''al‐ʿUrḍī'') in the village of ''ʿUrḍ'' in the Syrian desert b ..., the wall had seven gates with semi-circular towers. References External links * Spanish Royal Academy of History biography page oal-'Aziz b. 'Abd al-Rahman {{Authority control Taifa of Valencia 11th-century rul ...
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Al-Mamun Of Toledo
Yahya ibn Ismail al-Mamun () (died 1075) was the second ruler of the Berbers, Berber Houara, Hawwara Dhulnunid dynasty who was king of the Taifa of Toledo between 1043 and 1075. Biography Yahya ibn Ismail succeeded his father Ismaïl ibn Dhi 'l-Nun in 1043. In 1062, he promised his allegiance to king Ferdinand I of León and Castile, a fact that did not prevent him from giving military support to his son-in-law Abd al-Aziz ibn Amir, king of the Taifa of Valencia, when the Castilian king laid siege to the city in 1065. When Ferdinand I saw himself forced to end the siege and remove his army, Al-Mamun agreed to a union with the Taifa of Valencia which was to form a part of the Toledo taifa until 1092. He died at Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba in 1075. References 1075 deaths Emirs 11th-century Berber people Berber rulers 11th-century rulers in Al-Andalus Year of birth unknown Taifa of Toledo {{Al-Andalus-royal-stub ...
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Abd Al-Malik Al-Muzaffar
ʿAbd al-Malik, originally called Sayf al-Dawla, later al-Muẓaffar. His full Arabic name comprises a '' kunya'' (Abū Marwān), '' ism'' (ʿAbd al-Malik), ''nasab'' (Ibn Abī ʿĀmir), ''nisba'' (al-Maʿāfirī) and '' laḳab'' (al-Muẓaffar). (died 20 October 1008), was the second ʿĀmirid ruler of al-Andalus, ruling from 1002 until his death. Like his father and predecessor, al-Manṣūr, he was the actual power behind the Caliph of Córdoba. The seven-year government of al-Muẓaffar was a period of peace and prosperity. Later historians likened it to the ''sābiʿ al-arūs'', the first seven days of marriage, and recalled it as a golden age before the Andalusian ''fitna'' (civil wars) began in 1009. In 997, the Maghrāwa leader in Africa, Zīrī ibn ʿAṭīya, renounced his allegiance to Córdoba. In response, al-Manṣūr dispatched Wāḍiḥ al-Ṣiḳlabī, governor of the Central March, to Africa at the head of a large army. He then sent his son to reinforce Wadi ...
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Caliphate Of Cordoba
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire Muslim world (ummah). Historically, the caliphates were polities based on Islam which developed into multi-ethnic trans-national empires. During the medieval period, three major caliphates succeeded each other: the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), and the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258). In the fourth major caliphate, the Ottoman Caliphate, the rulers of the Ottoman Empire claimed caliphal authority from 1517. Throughout the history of Islam, a few other Muslim states, almost all hereditary monarchies such as the Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo) and Ayyubid Caliphate, have claimed to be caliphates. The first caliphate, the Rashidun Caliphate, was established in ...
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Almanzor
Abu ʿĀmir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Maʿafiri ( ar, أبو عامر محمد بن عبد الله بن أبي عامر المعافري), nicknamed al-Manṣūr ( ar, المنصور, "the Victorious"), which is often Latinized as Almanzor (c. 938 – 8 August 1002), was a Muslim Arab Andalusi military leader and statesman. As the chancellor of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba and ''hajib'' (chamberlain) for the weak Caliph Hisham II, Almanzor was the ''de facto'' ruler of Islamic Iberia. Born in an ''alqueria'' on the outskirts of Torrox to a family of Yemeni Arab origin with some juridical ancestors, ibn Abi ʿĀmir left for Córdoba when still young to be trained as a ''faqīh''. After a few humble beginnings, he joined the court administration and soon gained the confidence of Subh, mother of the children of Caliph Al-Hakam II. Thanks to her patronage and his own efficiency, he quickly expanded his role. During the caliphate of Al-Hakam II, he held se ...
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Amirids
The ʿĀmirids (or Banū ʿĀmir) were the descendants and '' Ṣaqlabī'' (Slavic) clients of the house of the ''ḥājib'' ʿĀmir Muḥammad al-Manṣūr, the ''de facto'' ruler of the Umayyad caliphate of Córdoba from 976 until 1002. A series of ʿĀmirid dictators were the powers behind the caliphal throne during the long reign of Hishām II. Four ʿĀmirid dynasties were established during the period of ''taifas'' (petty kingdoms) that followed the collapse of the caliphate: Valencia, Dénia, Almería and Tortosa. ''Ḥājib''s The following list is derived from . * Muḥammad ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Manṣūr: 981–1002 *ʿAbd al-Malik al-Muẓaffar, son of prec.: 1002–1008 * ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ''Sanchuelo'', brother of prec.: 1008–1009 Ṣaqlabī dynasties Valencia The following list is derived from . * Mubārak and Muẓaffar: 1010/11–1017/18 *: ''to Tortosa: 1017/18–1020/21'' * ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Manṣūr, son of Sanchue ...
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Mujāhid Al-ʿĀmirī
Abu ʾl-Jaysh Mujāhid ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿĀmirī, surnamed ''al-Muwaffaḳ'' (died AD 1044/5 AH_436.html"_;"title="Anno_Hegirae.html"_;"title="small>Anno_Hegirae">AH_436">Anno_Hegirae.html"_;"title="small>Anno_Hegirae">AH_436,_was_the_Taifa_of_Dénia.html" ;"title="Anno_Hegirae">AH_436.html" ;"title="Anno_Hegirae.html" ;"title="small> AH_436">Anno_Hegirae.html"_;"title="small>Anno_Hegirae">AH_436,_was_the_Taifa_of_Dénia">ruler_of_Dénia_and_the_Balearic_Islands_from_late_1014_(early_AH_405)_until_his_death._With_the_exception_of_his_early_and_disastrous_Pisan–Genoese_expeditions_to_Sardinia.html" ;"title="Anno Hegirae">AH 436">Anno_Hegirae.html" ;"title="small> AH_436,_was_the_Taifa_of_Dénia">ruler_of_Dénia_and_the_Balearic_Islands_from_late_1014_(early_AH_405)_until_his_death._With_the_exception_of_his_early_and_disastrous_Pisan–Genoese_expeditions_to_Sardinia">invasion_of_Sardinia,_his_reign_was_mostly_peaceful._His_court_became_a_centre_of_scholarship_and_literar ...
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Labib Al-Fata Al-Saqlabi
Labib al-Fata al-Saqlabi () (or Labib of Tortosa) was the founder and first ruler of the Taifa of Tortosa from around to . He was a Saqaliba, usually Slavic children that were captured, castrated, sold as slaves in Spain, and educated in the Islamic culture and religion. It is possible that Labib left Cordoba after Hisham II was deposed in . Some time after this he took power in the city of Tortosa, but was deposed when the city was briefly taken over by the Mundhir I of the Taifa of Zaragoza. However, due to aid from the Mubarak and Muzaffar of Taifa of Valencia he was able to regain his throne. During this time, the poet Ibn Darrach al-Qastalli dedicated a composition to him. He supported the proclamation of Abd al-Rahman IV as caliph of Cordoba in , but they and their caliph were defeated in the vicinity of Granada by Zawi ibn Ziri. Shortly after this Mubarak and Muzaffar died (possibly due to a rebellion instigated by Labib), and Labib became the ruler of the Taifa of Va ...
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Mubarak And Muzaffar
Mubārak al-Saqlabi and Muẓaffar al-Saqlabi were jointly the first emirs of the Taifa of Valencia between 1010 and 1018. They were brothers and Saqaliba, originally Slavic children that were captured, castrated, sold as slaves in Spain, and educated in the Islamic culture and religion. They became slaves of another slave named Mufaris who was chief of police in the palace of Almanzor in the Medina Azahara. There are no records until 1010, when they became administrators of irrigation of Valencia and were responsible for the water supply and food supply of the city. As the result of a military coup, of which the details have been lost, they became joint rulers of Valencia in 1010. Their administration was known for collecting 120,000 dinars of taxes a month, which was an extremely large sum at the time. Mubarak died in a riding accident in 1018, and shortly thereafter Muzaffar was killed in an uprising. They were succeeded by Labib al-Saqlabi, also a former slave, who had bee ...
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