Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Taifa of Badajoz
1009–1094
Ṭā'ifa Baṭalyaws. Capital: Badajoz. First held by the Saqlabi Sabur (1009–1022), then by the Aftasid dynasty (Banu al-Aftas, an Arabized Berber/Miknasa line) from 1022.
- Existed
- 1009–1094
- Shown on the map
- 1010–1093, 1147–1151 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 107k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Ṭā'ifa Baṭalyaws. Capital: Badajoz. First held by the Saqlabi Sabur (1009–1022), then by the Aftasid dynasty (Banu al-Aftas, an Arabized Berber/Miknasa line) from 1022. Founder Abdallah ibn al-Aftas al-Mansur (1022–1045) ruled a vast territory from the Douro to south of the Tagus, including Mérida and Lisbon. Successors included al-Muzaffar (1045–1068) and Umar al-Mutawakkil (1072–1094). Badajoz became a tributary of León-Castile in 1055 and lost lands north of the Mondego. The Almoravids annexed it in 1094; al-Mutawakkil was executed. A second brief taifa existed 1144–1150.
Common questions
- What was the Taifa of Badajoz?
- Ṭā'ifa Baṭalyaws. Capital: Badajoz. First held by the Saqlabi Sabur (1009–1022), then by the Aftasid dynasty (Banu al-Aftas, an Arabized Berber/Miknasa line) from 1022.
- When did the Taifa of Badajoz exist?
- The Taifa of Badajoz existed 1009–1094. On this map it is drawn 1010–1093, 1147–1151.
- How large was the Taifa of Badajoz?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Taifa of Badajoz covered about 107,000 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 Badajoz en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taifa_of_Badajoz
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