Taifa of Valencia

For other uses, see Valencia (disambiguation).

Taifa of Valencia
1010–1238
Location of Taifa of Valencia Taifa Kingdom of Valencia, c. 1037
Capital		Valencia
Languages		Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew, Berber
Religion		Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism
Government		Monarchy
Historical era		Middle Ages
•	Established	1010
•	To Toledo	1065–1075
•	To Castile/Almoravids	1099–1102 / 1102–1145
•	To Murcia/Almohads	1147–1172 / 1172–1229
•	Conquered by Aragon	1238
Currency		Dirham and Dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Caliphate of Cordoba Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Valencia

The Taifa of Valencia was a medieval taifa kingdom which existed, in and around Valencia, Spain during four distinct periods: from 1010 to 1065, from 1075 to 1099, from 1145 to 1147 and last from 1229 to 1238 when it was finally conquered by the Aragon.

From 1094 to 1099 the kingdom was also famously subject to the rule of legendary military leader El Cid.

List of Emirs

Saqlabi dynasty (Servile Rulers)

• Mubarrak: 1010/1–1017 with...
• Muzaffar: 1010/1–1017
• Lab'ib (Tortosa c. 1009–bfr. 1039/40):1017–1019, d. bfr. 1039; with...
• Muyahid (in Denia 1010/2–1045): 1017–1021, d. 1045

Amirid dynasty

• 'Abd al-'Aziz: 1021–1061
• 'Abd al-Malik al-Muzzaffar: 1061–1065
  • To Toledo: 1065–1075
• Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Aziz: 1075–1085
• 'Uthman: 1085–1086

Dhunnunid dynasty

• Yahya al-Qadir (in Toledo 1075–1085): 1086–1092

Yahhafid dynasty

El Cid orders the execution of Abu Ahmad Dja'far and his companions after his conquest of the Taifa of Valencia in 1094.

• Abu Ahmad Dja'far: 1092–1094

Dynasty of El Cid

• El Cid: 1094–1099
• Jimena Díaz: 1099–1102
  • To Castile: 1099–1102
  • To Almoravids: 1102–1145

'Abd al-'Aziz dynasty

• Abu 'Abd al-Malik Marwan: 1145

'Jyaddid dynasty

• Abu Muhammad: 1145–1146, d. 1147

Huddid dynasty

• Abu Dja'far Ahmad "Zafadola": 1146

'Jyaddid dynasty (restored)

• Abu Muhammad (restored): 1146–1147
  • To Murcia: 1147–1172
  • To Almohads: 1172–1229

Mardanis dynasty

• Zayyan (in Onda 1228–1229, Murcia 1239–1241): 1229–1238, d. 1241
  • To Crown of Aragon thereafter

See also

• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties

External links

• http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html