Taifa of Majorca
Appearance
Taifa of Majorca | |||||||||
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1018–1203 | |||||||||
Capital | Majorca | ||||||||
Common languages | Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew | ||||||||
Religion | Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1018 | ||||||||
• Conquered by the Almohads | 1203 | ||||||||
Currency | Dirham and Dinar | ||||||||
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Today part of | Spain |
The Taifa of Majorca was a medieval Moorish taifa kingdom which existed from 1018 to 1203 in Majorca.
The first taifa lasted for about 50 years (1076-1116), first succumbing to a Christian crusade and later being occupied by the Almoravids. After a period in which the Balearic Islands were integrated into the Almoravid Empire, it ended up disintegrating, suffering the same fate as the Caliphate of Córdoba.
A new, independent kingdom arose, the second taifa (1147-1203), which would become the last Almoravid stronghold in Al-Andalus against the Almohads advance.
List of Emirs
Mujahid dynasty
- Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī: 1018–1041
- 'Ali Iqbal ud-Dawlah: 1041–1075
Aglabid dynasty
- Ibn Aglab al-Murtada: 1076–1093
- Mubassir: 1093–1114
- Abu-l-Rabi Sulayman "El Burabe": 1114–1126
Ghaniyid dynasty
- Muhammad I: 1126–1156
- Ishaq: 1156–1183
- Muhammad II: 1183–1184 d. 1187
- 'Ali (Emir of Majorca): 1184–1185
- Muhammad II (restored): 1185–1187
- Tasfin: 1187
- Yahya (Emir of Majorca): 1187–1203
- To Almohads: 1203–1229