Taifa of Albarracín
Taifa of Albarracín | |||||||||||
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| 1012–1104 | |||||||||||
 Taifa Kingdom of Albarracín, c. 1037. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Albarracín, currently in Teruel, Aragón, Spain. | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic, Mozarabic , Hebrew, Berber | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Downfall of Caliphate of Córdoba | 1012 | ||||||||||
• Conquered by the Almoravids | 1104 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Dirham and Dinar | ||||||||||
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The Taifa of Albarracín was a medieval taifa kingdom that existed from 1012 to 1104.
Downfall
In 1167, under the pressure from the ongoing wars between the Almoravid Dynasty and the new invasions of the Almohad Caliphate, the Moorish King Muhammad ibn Mardanis (nicknamed the Robber King), ceded the Taifa of Albarracín to a vassal of Sancho VI of Navarre, a noble from Estella-Lizarra named Pero Ruíz d'Azagra. The title was granted to d'Azagra due to his support of the Navarrese Crown against Alfonso VIII of Castile and Alfonso I of Aragón (Alfonso the Battler).
In 1172, Pero Ruíz d'Azagra managed to consolidate his power over the Señorío making that territory independent of the other Christian kingdoms in the region. In 1190, with the signing of the Borja Accords, between Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancho VI of Navarre, the two monarchs agreed to a defensive pact against Alfonso VIII of Castile which gave official legitimacy to the Sinyoría d'Albarrazín with respect to the two kingdoms.[1]
List of Emirs
- Hudayl Djalaf 'Izz ad-Dawla: 1012–1045
- Abu Marwan 'Abd al-Malik: 1045–1103
- Yahya Husam ad-Dawla: 1103–1104
See also
References
- ^ Mariana, Juan de; Sabau y Blanco, José Sabau y Blanco (1818). Historia general de España (in Spanish). Vol. 7. Imprenta de Leonardo Nuñez de Vargas. p. 97.
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