The Taifa of Jaén () was a medieval

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taifa The taifas (from ''ṭā'ifa'', plural ''ṭawā'if'', meaning "party, band, faction") were the independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal and Spain), referred to by Muslims as al-Andalus, that em ...

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kingdom centered in

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. It existed for only two very short periods: first in 1145 and then in 1168. It was ruled by

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of the

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tribe. The Taifa was centred in the present day region of Jaén in southern

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List of Emirs

Yuzaid dynasty

* Ibn Yuzai: 1145

Huddid dynasty

Abu Dja'far Ahmad Zafadola Aḥmad III Abū Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Mustanṣir (; died 5 February 1146), called Sayf al-Dawla ("Sword of the Dynasty"), Latinised as Zafadola, was the last ruler of the Hudid dynasty. He ruled the rump of the ''taifa'' Taifa of Zarag ...

(also Cord., Gran., Val.): 1145 **To

Almohads The Almohad Caliphate (; or or from ) or Almohad Empire was a North African Berber Muslim empire founded in the 12th century. At its height, it controlled much of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus) and North Africa (the Maghreb). The Almohad ...

: 1145–1159 **To

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: 1159–1168

Hamuskid dynasty

* Ibrahim: 1168 **To

: 1168–1232

References

1168 disestablishments States and territories established in 1145 Jaen {{Al-Andalus-stub