The Taifa of Lisbon (from ar, طائفة الأشبونة ''Taa'ifatu al-Ushbunah'') was a medieval
Islamic
Arab
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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 of
Gharb Al-Andalus. It was located in ''
Ath-Thaghr Al-Adna'' region, the north-western section of the
Moorish Al-Andalus
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empire. The Taifa was ruled by the
Banu Khazraj
The Banu Khazraj ( ar, بنو خزرج) is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era.
The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia in the Karib'il Watar 7th century ...
tribe.
The taifa encompassed the
Lisbon region, of present-day
Portugal
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, from 1022 to 1094.
List of Emirs of the Taifa of Lisbon
Banu Sabur dynasty
* Abd al-Aziz ibn Sabur — 1022−1030?
* Abd al-Malik ibn Sabur — 1030?−1034?
The Saburs were a subgroup of the
Arabian tribe
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of
Banu Khazraj
The Banu Khazraj ( ar, بنو خزرج) is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era.
The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia in the Karib'il Watar 7th century ...
.
History
Taifa of Lisbon lasted until 1034, when the
Aftasids conquered
Lishbuna. It remained in Aftasid control until 1093, when the
Kingdom of León briefly seized Lishbuna. The
Almoravid dynasty
The Almoravid dynasty ( ar, المرابطون, translit=Al-Murābiṭūn, lit=those from the ribats) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire in the 11th century tha ...
took control of the city from 1094 to 1141. The instability of the Almoravid kingdom led to the
Second Taifa Period. The Wazirids were independent from the Almoravids and controlled the city until 1147 when the
Kingdom of Portugal besieged the city from July to October, which marked the end of Muslim control in Central Portugal.
* To
Aftasids: 1034–1093
* Seized briefly by
Kingdom of León: 1093
* To
Almoravids: 1094–1141
* To
Wazirids: 1141–1147
* To
Kingdom of Portugal after successful
siege
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in 1147
See also
*
Taifas in Portugal
*
Al-Garb Al-Andalus
*
List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
Lisbon
Gharb Al-Andalus
History of Lisbon
11th century in Al-Andalus
11th century in Portugal
States and territories established in 1022
States and territories disestablished in 1093
Lisbon District
Lisbon
Taifa of Badajoz
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