Taifa of Tortosa

Taifa of Tortosa

1010–1099

Capital

Languages

Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew, Berber

Religion

Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism

Government

Historical era

•

Downfall of Caliphate of Córdoba

1010

•

1060–1081

•

Conquered by Granada

1099

Currency

Dirham and Dinar

The Taifa of Tortosa was a medieval taifa kingdom which existed for two separate periods: from 1010 to 1060 and from 1081 to 1099.

List of Emirs

Saqlabi (Servile Rulers) dynasty

Lab'ib (Valencia 1017–1019): c. 1009–bfr. 1039/40
Muqatil Sayf al-Milla: bfr. 1039/40–1053/4
Ya'la: 1053/4–1057/8
Nabil: 1057/8–1060
- To Zaragoza: 1060–1081 or 2/3

Huddid dynasty

al-Mundir 'Imad ad-Dawla: 1081 or 1082/3–1090
Sulayman Sayyid: 1090–1099?
- To Morocco: c. 1099–1145

See also

List of Sunni Muslim dynasties

Sources

http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html

Taifa Kingdoms

11th Century	Albarracín Algeciras Almería (I / II) Alpuente Arcos Badajoz Carmona Ceuta (I) Córdoba Dénia Granada Jerica Lisbon Lorca Málaga (I / II) Mallorca Melilla Mértola Molina Morón Murcia (I / II) Murviedro and Sagunto Niebla Ronda Saltés and Huelva Santa Maria do Algarve Segorbe Seville Silves Toledo (I / II) Tortosa (I / II) Valencia (I / II) Zaragoza

12th Century	Almería (III) Arcos (II) Badajoz (II) Beja and Évora Carmona (II) Constantina and Hornachuelos Granada (II) Guadix and Baza Jaén (I / II) Jerez Málaga (III) Mértola (II / III) Murcia (III / IV) Niebla (II) Purchena Santarém Segura Silves (II) Tavira Tejada Valencia (III)

13th Century	Arjona Baeza Dénia (II) Lorca (II) Málaga (IV) Menorca Murcia (V) Niebla (III) Orihuela Valencia (IV)

Coordinates: 40°48′46″N 0°31′09″E / 40.81278°N 0.51917°E / 40.81278; 0.51917

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