Taifa of Lisbon
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The Taifa of Lisbon was a medieval taifa
kingdom that existed in what is now Portugal
from around 1022 to 1093.
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 Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
from around 1022 to 1093.
Banu Sabur dynasty
- Abd al-Aziz bin Sabur: 1022– ?
- Abd al-Malik bin Sabur: ? –c. 1065 ?
- Seized briefly by LeónKingdom of LeónThe Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in AD 910 when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León...
: 1093–5 - To MoroccoAlmoravidsThe Almoravids were a Berber dynasty of Morocco, who formed an empire in the 11th-century that stretched over the western Maghreb and Al-Andalus. Their capital was Marrakesh, a city which they founded in 1062 C.E...
: c. 1100–1145
- Seized briefly by León
Sources
- http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html