al-Ándalus; Basque: al-Andalus; Berber: ⴰⵏⴷⴰⵍⵓⵙ, romanized: Andalus; Catalan: al-Àndalus; Galician: al-Andalus; Occitan: Al Andalús; Portuguese: al-Ândalus;...
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Slavery was a practice throughout Al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Spain and Portugal) between the 8th-century and the 15th century. This...
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Abd al-Rahman I, was the founder and first emir of the Emirate of Córdoba, ruling from 756 to 788. He established the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus, which...
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Gharb al-Andalus (Arabic: غرب الأندلس, trans. gharb al-ʼandalus; "west of al-Andalus"), or just al-Gharb (Arabic: الغرب, trans. al-gharb; "the west"),...
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Al-Andalus Mosque (Spanish: Mezquita de al-Ándalus) is a mosque in the neighbourhood of Arroyo del Cuarto city of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. The mosque...
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Seville (redirect from Hims al-Andalus)
referred to for example in the encyclopedia of Yaqut al-Hamawi or in Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi's Ritha' al-Andalus. The city is sometimes referred to as the "Pearl...
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The Kūra was one of the territorial demarcations into which al-Andalus, the ancient Islamic Iberian Peninsula, was divided during the Emirate and Caliphate...
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much of eastern Al-Andalus. From the very early stages of his reign, Abd al-Rahman showed a firm resolve to quash the rebels of al-Andalus, consolidate and...
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principalities in the western Maghreb, and several Taifa kingdoms in al-Andalus. Islam later provided the ideological stimulus for the rise of fresh Berber...
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History of Islam (section Al-Andalus)
to al-Andalus. Shortly thereafter, he set off with Bedr and a small group of followers for Europe. Abd al-Rahman landed at Almuñécar in al-Andalus, to...
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Almoravid dynasty (redirect from Al Moravids)
It established an empire that stretched over the western Maghreb and Al-Andalus, starting in the 1050s and lasting until its fall to the Almohads in 1147...
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The Fitna of al-Andalus (1009–1031) was a civil war in the Caliphate of Córdoba. It began in the year 1009 with a coup d'état which led to the assassination...
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Al-Andalus, led by Yahya ibn Ghaniya, were by then confined to Granada. In 1150 or 1151 Abd al-Mu'min summoned the leaders and notables of Al-Andalus...
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Reconquista (redirect from Fall of al-Andalus)
Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest") or the reconquest of al-Andalus was the successful series of military campaigns that European Christian...
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Rithā’ al-Andalus (Arabic: رثاء الأندلس, variously translated as "An Elegy to al-Andalus" or "Elegy for the fall of al-Andalus"), also known as Lament...
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Mozarabs (category History of al-Andalus)
or more precisely Andalusi Christians,: 166 were the Christians of al-Andalus, or the territories of Iberia under Muslim rule from 711 to 1492. Following...
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Berber Revolt (section Coup in al-Andalus)
initially by Maysara al-Matghari. The revolt soon spread through the rest of the Maghreb (North Africa) and across the straits to al-Andalus. The Umayyads scrambled...
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co-existed for over seven centuries in the Iberian Peninsula during the era of Al-Andalus states. The degree to which the Christians and the Jews were tolerated...
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Moorish architecture (redirect from Architecture of Al-Andalus)
architecture which developed in the western Islamic world, including al-Andalus (on the Iberian peninsula) and what is now Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia...
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second Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba in Al-Andalus, and son of Abd-al-Rahman III and Murjan. He ruled from 961 to 976. Al-Hakam II succeeded to the Caliphate...
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Umayyad dynasty (redirect from Al-ʾUmawīyūn)
romanized: al-Umawiyyūn) was an Arab clan within the Quraysh tribe who were the ruling family of the Caliphate between 661 and 750 and later of al-Andalus between...
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literature of al-Andalus, also known as Andalusi literature (Arabic: الأدب الأندلسي, al-adab al-andalusī), was produced in al-Andalus, or Islamic Iberia...
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November/December 1994. Al Andalus: Booking Archived 2019-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Andalus.com. Retrieved on 20 October 2011. Al Andalus Ensemble offers...
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Arabic (redirect from Al-luġatu-l-ʿarabīyatu)
cultural and linguistic presence, mainly in Southern Iberia, during the Al-Andalus era. The Maltese language is a Semitic language developed from a dialect...
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Andalusia (section Al-Andalus states)
Arabic word Al-Andalus (الأندلس), which in turn may be derived from the Vandals, the Goths or pre-Roman Iberian tribes. The toponym al-Andalus is first attested...
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was under Islamic rule for seven hundred years. In medieval history, "al-Andalus" (Arabic: الأندلس) was the name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula...
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List of former mosques in Spain (section List of mosques in Al-Andalus (with original buildings & ruins))
within the modern borders of Spain. Most of these mosques are from the Al-Andalus period. For a list of open, functioning mosques in Spain see list of mosques...
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ibn Nusayr and his son Abd al-Aziz, the governors of al-Andalus. Abd Al-Rahman took part in the Battle of Toulouse, where Al Samh ibn Malik was killed...
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Morocco (redirect from Al-Mamlaka al-Maġribiyya)
dynasty and the Masmuda Almohad dynasty, Morocco dominated the Maghreb, al-Andalus in Iberia, and the western Mediterranean region. From the 13th century...
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