Taifa of Albarracín

1012–1104

Taifa Kingdom of Albarracín, c. 1037.

Capital

Albarracín, currently in Teruel, Aragón, Spain.

Languages

Arabic, Berber, Mozarabic, Hebrew

Religion

Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism

Government

Monarchy

Historical era

Middle Ages

•

Downfall of Caliphate of Córdoba

1012

•

Conquered by the Almoravid dynasty

1104

Currency

Dirham and Dinar

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Caliphate_of_Cordoba

Almoravids
Sinyoría d'Albarrazín

The Taifa of Albarracín was a medieval Berber taifa kingdom.^[1] The polity existed from 1012 to 1104, and was centered at the city of Albarracín. It was led by the Berber dynasty of the Banu Razin of Houara tribe, which arrived in the peninsula after the conquest of Spain by Tariq ibn Ziyad.

Downfall

In 1167, under the pressure from the ongoing wars between the Almoravid Dynasty and the new invasions of the Almohad Caliphate, the Moorish King Muhammad ibn Mardanis (nicknamed the Robber King), ceded the Taifa of Albarracín to a vassal of Sancho VI of Navarre, a noble from Estella-Lizarra named Pero Ruíz d'Azagra. The title was granted to d'Azagra due to his support of the Navarrese Crown against Alfonso VIII of Castile and Alfonso I of Aragón (Alfonso the Battler).

In 1172, Pero Ruíz d'Azagra managed to consolidate his power over the Señorío making that territory independent of the other Christian kingdoms in the region. In 1190, with the signing of the Borja Accords, between Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancho VI of Navarre, the two monarchs agreed to a defensive pact against Alfonso VIII of Castile which gave official legitimacy to the Sinyoría d'Albarrazín with respect to the two kingdoms.^[2]

List of Emirs

Banu Razin

Hudayl Djalaf 'Izz ad-Dawla: 1012–1045
Abu Marwan 'Abd al-Malik: 1045–1103
Yahya Husam ad-Dawla: 1103–1104

References

↑ Kennedy, Hugh (2014-06-11). Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of Al-Andalus. Routledge. ISBN 9781317870418.
↑ Mariana, Juan de; Sabau y Blanco, José Sabau y Blanco (1818). Historia general de España (in Spanish). 7. Imprenta de Leonardo Nuñez de Vargas. p. 97.

External sites

http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html

Taifa Kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula

11th Century	Albarracín Algeciras Almería (I / II) Alpuente Arcos Badajoz Carmona Ceuta (I) Córdoba Dénia Granada Jerica Lisbon Lorca Málaga (I / II) Mallorca Melilla Mértola Molina Morón Murcia (I / II) Murviedro and Sagunto Niebla Ronda Saltés and Huelva Santa Maria do Algarve Segorbe Seville Silves Toledo (I / II) Tortosa (I / II) Valencia (I / II) Zaragoza

12th Century	Almería (III) Arcos (II) Badajoz (II) Beja and Évora Carmona (II) Constantina and Hornachuelos Granada (II) Guadix and Baza Jaén (I / II) Jerez Málaga (III) Mértola (II / III) Murcia (III / IV) Niebla (II) Purchena Santarém Segura Silves (II) Tavira Tejada Valencia (III)

13th Century	Arjona Baeza Ceuta (II / III) Dénia (II) Lorca (II) Málaga (IV) Menorca Murcia (V) Niebla (III) Orihuela Valencia (IV)

Coordinates: 40°24′00″N 1°27′00″W / 40.4000°N 1.4500°W / 40.4000; -1.4500

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