Taifa of Valencia
The Taifa of Valencia (Arabic: طائفة بلنسية) was a medieval Moorish taifa kingdom which existed, in and around Valencia, Spain during four distinct periods: from 1010 to 1065, from 1075 to 1099, from 1145 to 1147 and last from 1229 to 1238 when it was finally conquered by the Aragon.
Taifa of Valencia | |||||||||||||
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| 1010–1238 | |||||||||||||
 Taifa Kingdom of Valencia, c. 1037 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Valencia | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic, Mozarabic, Berber, Judaeo-Spanish | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Judaism | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1010 | ||||||||||||
• To Toledo | 1065–1075 | ||||||||||||
| 1099–1102 / 1102–1145 | |||||||||||||
| 1147–1172 / 1172–1229 | |||||||||||||
• Conquered by Aragon | 1238 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Dirham and Dinar | ||||||||||||
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From 1094 to 1099 the kingdom was also subject to the rule of legendary military leader El Cid.
List of Rulers
Saqlabi non-dynastic rulers
- Mubarak and Muzaffar: 1010/1–1017
- Labib al-Fata al-Saqlabi (Tortosa c. 1009–bfr. 1039/40): 1017–1019, d. bfr. 1039
Amirid dynasty
- Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī (in Denia 1010/2–1045): 1017–1021, d. 1045, co-ruler in the beginning with Labib
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Ámir: 1021–1061
- Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur al-Mudhaffar: 1061–1065
- Abu-Bakr ibn Abd-al-Aziz: 1075–1085
- Uthman ibn Abi-Bakr: 1085–1086
Dhunnunid dynasty
- Yahya al-Qadir (in Toledo 1075–1085): 1086–1092
Yahhafid dynasty
El Cid orders the execution of Abu Ahmad Dja'far and his companions after his conquest of the Taifa of Valencia in 1094.
- Ibn Jahaf: 1092–1094
Dynasty of El Cid
- El Cid: 1094–1099
- Jimena Díaz: 1099–1102
- To Castile: 1099–1102
- To Almoravids: 1102–1145
'Abd al-'Aziz dynasty
- Abu 'Abd al-Malik Marwan: 1145
'Jyaddid dynasty
- Abu Muhammad: 1145–1146, d. 1147
Huddid dynasty
'Jyaddid dynasty (restored)
Mardanis dynasty
- Zayyan (in Onda 1228–1229, Murcia 1239–1241): 1229–1238, d. 1241
- To Crown of Aragon thereafter
See also
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