The Taifa of Jerez (Arabic: طائفة شريش) was a medieval Islamic taifa Moorish kingdom in what is now southern Spain. Established in 1145, it existed until...

The taifas (from Arabic: طائفة ṭā'ifa, plural طوائف ṭawā'if, meaning "party, band, faction") were the independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms of...

Jerez de la Frontera (Spanish pronunciation: [xeˈɾeθ ðe la fɾonˈteɾa]) or simply Jerez, also cited in old English-language sources as Xeres , is a city...

was probably built in the 11th century, when Jerez was part of the small kingdom of the Taifa of Arcos de la Frontera, on a site settled since prehistoric...

García Salinas, Mexico Jerez (river), Serbia Jerez de los Caballeros, Extremadura Jérez del Marquesado, Granada Taifa of Jerez, a small independent emirate...

independent Moorish taifa in 1011 during the protracted collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba. Arcos was associated with the Jerez by 'Abdun ibn Muhammad...

of Jerez de la Frontera during the Reconquista. King Ferdinand III of Castile and León's troops fought against those of Emir Ibn Hud of the taifa of Murcia...

The Taifa of Arcos (Arabic: طائفة أركش) was a Berber medieval taifa kingdom that existed in two periods; first from 1011 to 1068. Ruled by the Zanata...

reino taifa de Badajoz (in Spanish). Badajoz: Letrumero. pp. 269–280. ISBN 84-921456-1-7. Almonacid Clavería, José Antonio (1985). La kura de Santaveria:...

taifa kingdoms (1009–1110); the Almoravid Empire (1085–1145); the second taifa period (1140–1203); the Almohad Caliphate (1147–1238); the third taifa...

in the early 11th century, a series of petty successor states known as taifas emerged. The northern kingdoms took advantage of this situation and struck...

fortified starting from the 10th century. Later Tarifa was held by the taifa of Algeciras (1031) and by that of Seville (1057), and subsequently by the...

Castile, captured Toledo in 1085 and invaded the taifa of Zaragoza, the emirs of the smaller taifa kingdoms of Islamic Iberia found that they could not...

Hud, was a taifa emir who controlled much of al-Andalus from 1228 to 1238. He was a descendant of the Hudid dynasty which ruled the Taifa of Zaragoza...

the Islamic conquest in 711, Seville became the centre of the independent Taifa of Seville following the collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba in the early...

Málaga; the Feria de Jerez or Feria del Caballo in Jerez; the Feast of Corpus Christi [es] in Granada; the Feria de Nuestra Señora de la Salud [es] in...

The conquest of Taifa was a military operation led by the Corona de Castilla, with support Genove, Aragonés and Granadino, through which the city of Tarifa...

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Kingdom of Castile and the Taifa of Valencia. The Castilian victory established the Lordship of Valencia. While Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was away from Valencia...

mounting civil strife led to the fragmentation of al-Andalus into smaller Taifa states in the early 11th century. This marked a precipitous decline in the...

second in its province after Jerez de la Frontera and greater than Cádiz city population. It forms part of the comarca of Campo de Gibraltar. The surrounding...

significant event in the taifa period. In 1075, through an alliance with the Taifa of Seville, Alfonso VI defeated the Taifa of Granada. Later in the...

ar-Rahman V to the caliphate. Yahya moved to Málaga, and captured al-Qasim at Jerez de la Frontera, having him executed. In 1025 he mustered another army to march...

cora), or territory, of the Caliphate of Córdoba, then made capital of the Taifa of Seville (Arabic: طائفة أشبيليّة, Ta'ifa Ishbiliya), which was incorporated...

the Taifa kingdoms on one side, and the Kingdom of Castile on the other, in the Andalusian region. In the second half of the 11th century, the taifa king...

1060–1063 – Council (Ecumenical Synod) of Santiago de Compostela. 1060 – The heretic Berghouata Berbers set up a Taifa in Ceuta, but are eventually crushed by the...

defeat at the Battle of Jerez in 1231 led to the rise of Muhammad I of Granada. In 1229, Zayyan ibn Mardanish became ruler of the Taifa of Valencia after dethroning...

two main competing taifa rulers following the dissolution of the Almohad authority, itself triggered by the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Philip Khûri...

conquer the city, which in 1085 fell into Castilian hands. In 1086, the Taifa of Seville, Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, who had launched a series of aggressive...

conquered the Taifa of Zaragoza and reigned throughout the Upper March. His son, Yussuf ibn Sulayman al-Mudhaffar inherited the Taifa of Lérida, ceding...