The Taifa of Purchena () was a medieval Moorish

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. Centered in

Purchena Purchena is a small town in Andalusia, southern Spain. It is situated inland the county of Almería, at the foot of the Sierra de los Filabres, in the middle of the Almanzora River Valley, surrounded by woods which ascend towards the mountains, ...

, it existed from 1145 to 1150.

List of Emirs

Miqdamid dynasty

* Ibn Miqdam: fl. mid-12th century (1145–1150) ** To

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

: c. 1150–1172 1150 disestablishments States and territories established in 1145

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