Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Taifa of Niebla
1023/24–1053
Ṭā'ifa Labla. Capital: Niebla. An Arab taifa (Banu Yahsub) under Ahmad al-Yahsubi and successors; annexed by Seville (1053).
- Existed
- 1023/24–1053
- Shown on the map
- 1015–1017, 1028–1055, 1147–1151, 1236–1249 (4 periods)
- Peak area
- 2k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Ṭā'ifa Labla. Capital: Niebla. An Arab taifa (Banu Yahsub) under Ahmad al-Yahsubi and successors; annexed by Seville (1053). Re-emerged in the second and third taifa periods; finally conquered by Castile in 1262.
Common questions
- What was the Taifa of Niebla?
- Ṭā'ifa Labla. Capital: Niebla. An Arab taifa (Banu Yahsub) under Ahmad al-Yahsubi and successors; annexed by Seville (1053).
- When did the Taifa of Niebla exist?
- The Taifa of Niebla existed 1023/24–1053. On this map it is drawn 1015–1017, 1028–1055, 1147–1151, 1236–1249.
- How large was the Taifa of Niebla?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Taifa of Niebla covered about 2,000 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 Niebla en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taifa_of_Niebla
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