The Taifa of Valencia (Arabic: طائفة بلنسية) was a medieval Muslim kingdom which existed in and around Valencia, Spain. It gained independence from the...

ironically was also the first of the major taifas to fall, followed (somewhat quickly) by Badajoz, Valencia and Zaragoza. Zaragoza was also very powerful...

of the Crown of Aragon. The Kingdom of Valencia was formally created in 1238 when the Moorish taifa of Valencia was taken in the course of the Reconquista...

The siege of Valencia (1092–1094) or El Cid's conquest of Valencia was fought between the Kingdom of Castile and the Taifa of Valencia. The Castilian...

He reclaimed the Taifa of Valencia from Moorish control for a brief period during the Reconquista, ruling the Principality of Valencia from 17 June 1094...

The Taifa of Toledo (Arabic: طائفة طليطلة, romanized: ṭa'ifat ṭulayṭula) was an islamic polity (taifa) located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula...

The Lordship or Principality of Valencia was the state established by Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in the city of Valencia and its surroundings and which existed...

the Taifa of Valencia before it fell to El Cid in 1094. Ibn Jahhaff, previously a judge in the city of Valencia, became ruler of the Taifa of Valencia after...

al-Mansur, al-Mansur's grandson, King of Valencia From 1038 to 1041 Almería belonged to the Taifa of Valencia. 1041 Ma'n ben Muhammad ben Sumadih (Tujibi)...

informed the young King James I, about the riches in the Muslim Taifa of Valencia and they encouraged him to conquer it. It was decided that the campaign...

The Taifa of Seville (Arabic: طائفة إشبيليّة Ta'ifat-u Ishbiliyyah) was an Arab kingdom which was ruled by the Abbadid dynasty. It was established in...

was the king of the Taifa of Valencia between 1061 and 1065. He was the son of Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur. In the spring of 1065, the Taifa was attacked by Fernando...

collapse, Valencia became the seat of a Taifa state ruled by a succession of local dynasties from 1010 until it was conquered by Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El...

wider Taifa of Valencia, or also designated the city. Via gradual phonetic changes, Valentia became Valencia [baˈlenθja] in Spanish and València [vaˈlensia]...

date back to the 1238 Aragonese conquest of the Taifa of Valencia. The newly-founded Kingdom of Valencia enjoyed its own legal entity and administrative...

Archdiocese of Valencia in Spain, a Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in northeastern Iberia Gulf of Valencia Taifa of Valencia, an entity that...

in command of a combined Christian and Muslim army, entered the Taifa of Valencia and conquered it in 1094. He ruled for five years until he died defending...

over by the Mundhir I of the Taifa of Zaragoza. However, due to aid from the Mubarak and Muzaffar of Taifa of Valencia he was able to regain his throne...

Moors. 1010 CE – City becomes capital of the Taifa of Valencia. 1021 – Independent Moorish kingdom of Valencia was established 1064 CE – Al-Mamun of Toledo...

al-Saqlabi and Muẓaffar al-Saqlabi were jointly the first emirs of the Taifa of Valencia between 1010 and 1018. They were brothers and Saqaliba, originally...

sovereign states — taifas — under the same governors that had been named by the last Umayyad Caliphs. According to their origin, these "taifas" can be grouped...

against the Taifas of Cordoba, Seville, Badajoz and Granada. The conquest of the extensive and strategic Taifa of Toledo, the control of Valencia and the...

resulted in a victory for Aragon over the Zayyan ibn Mardanish and the Taifa of Valencia. The House of Azagra remained dominant in the region for six generations...

the Dhulnunid ruler of the Taifa of Toledo in Spain between 1075 until the fall of Toledo in 1085 and of the Taifa of Valencia from 1086 until his death...

Castile. The former taifa lands remained subject to a long struggle with its Muslim neighbors, at least until the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa and the rioting...

Moors. The Taifa of Badajoz again becomes independent and takes the Taifa of Mértola. 1146 – Al-Mustansir accepts the crowns of Valencia and Murcia from...

the Taifa of Valencia, under the command of Zayyan ibn Mardanish. The battle resulted in a decisive Aragonese victory and the conquest of Valencia by the...

The Taifa of Molina (Arabic: طائفة ملينة) was a medieval Islamic taifa kingdom that existed from around the 1080s to 1100. The Taifa was ruled by the Arab...

king's support in installing him in Valencia. This brought the Taifa of Toledo to and end, and Al-Qadir's rule in Valencia was brought to and end by the invading...

although they would still have to conquer other Taifas, including the Taifa of Murcia and the Taifa of Valencia which fell in 1172. Rivero 1982, p. 122. Cobb...