The Taifa of Tortosa () was a medieval

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taifa The ''taifas'' (singular ''taifa'', from ar, طائفة ''ṭā'ifa'', plural طوائف ''ṭawā'if'', a party, band or faction) were the independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal and Spain), re ...

kingdom. It existed for two separate periods, from 1010 to 1060 and 1081 to 1099. It was founded by the Slavic warlord

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 Isl ...

List of Emirs

Saqlabi (Servile Rulers) dynasty

(Valencia 1017–1019): c. 1009–bfr. 1039/40 * Muqatil Sayf al-Milla: bfr. 1039/40–1053/4 * Ya'la: 1053/4–1057/8 *

Nabil Nabīl or Nabeel ( ar, نبيل) is a male given name of Arabic origin, meaning "nobility, noble".Online ...

: 1057/8–1060 ** To

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: 1060–1081 or 2/3

Huddid dynasty

* al-Mundir 'Imad ad-Dawla: 1081 or 1082/3–1090 * Sulayman Sayyid: 1090–c.1115 ** To

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: c.1115–1148

List of Emirs

Saqlabi (Servile Rulers) dynasty

Huddid dynasty

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