Taifa of Constantina and Hornachuelos
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The Taifa of Constantina and Hornachuelos was a medieval taifa
kingdom that existed, in what is now southern Spain
, from around 1143 to 1150 when it was conquered by the Almohads.
Taifa
In the history of the Iberian Peninsula, a taifa was an independent Muslim-ruled principality, usually an emirate or petty kingdom, though there was one oligarchy, of which a number formed in the Al-Andalus after the final collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031.-Rise:The origins of...
kingdom that existed, in what is now southern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, from around 1143 to 1150 when it was conquered by the Almohads.
Sources
- http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html