Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Taifa of Almería
1011/1013–1091
Ṭā'ifa al-Mariyya. Capital: Almería, a major port that, per English Wikipedia, had "a developed and very important textile industry, with around five thousand looms, being also a center of silk industry."
- Existed
- 1011/1013–1091
- Shown on the map
- 1015–1039, 1046–1093, 1147–1151, 1236–1249 (4 periods)
- Peak area
- 21k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Ṭā'ifa al-Mariyya. Capital: Almería, a major port that, per English Wikipedia, had "a developed and very important textile industry, with around five thousand looms, being also a center of silk industry." Ruled by Saqaliba (Khayran, Zuhayr), then annexed by Valencia (1038), then held under Zaragoza's Banu Tujib through the Banu Sumadih governors, notably al-Mu'tasim (1051–1091), a cultured patron. Conquered by the Almoravids in 1091.
Common questions
- What was the Taifa of Almería?
- Ṭā'ifa al-Mariyya. Capital: Almería, a major port that, per English Wikipedia, had "a developed and very important textile industry, with around five thousand looms, being also a center of silk industry."
- When did the Taifa of Almería exist?
- The Taifa of Almería existed 1011/1013–1091. On this map it is drawn 1015–1039, 1046–1093, 1147–1151, 1236–1249.
- How large was the Taifa of Almería?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Taifa of Almería covered about 21,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for al-Andalus, the taifas and the Christian kingdoms as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and academic work on the historiography of the Reconquista and the taifa period (García-Sanjuán). The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Taifa of Almería en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taifa_of_Almer%C3%ADa
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