Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Taifa of Murcia
1011/12–1065
Ṭā'ifa Mursiya. Capital: Murcia. Initially part of Saqaliba Almería, then ruled by the Andalusi Arab Banu Tahir (1038–1063).
- Existed
- 1011/12–1065
- Shown on the map
- 1015–1033, 1066–1084, 1147–1176, 1236–1249 (4 periods)
- Peak area
- 78k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Ṭā'ifa Mursiya. Capital: Murcia. Initially part of Saqaliba Almería, then ruled by the Andalusi Arab Banu Tahir (1038–1063). Contested among Dénia, Valencia, and Seville; al-Mu'tamid's vizier Ibn Ammar conquered it for Seville. Later a major center in the second and third taifa periods (Ibn Mardanish, the "Wolf King," in the 12th century).
Common questions
- What was the Taifa of Murcia?
- Ṭā'ifa Mursiya. Capital: Murcia. Initially part of Saqaliba Almería, then ruled by the Andalusi Arab Banu Tahir (1038–1063).
- When did the Taifa of Murcia exist?
- The Taifa of Murcia existed 1011/12–1065. On this map it is drawn 1015–1033, 1066–1084, 1147–1176, 1236–1249.
- How large was the Taifa of Murcia?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Taifa of Murcia covered about 78,000 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 Murcia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taifa_of_Murcia
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