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Taifa of Zaragoza

Muslim state (1013–1110)

Summary

Muslim state (1013–1110)

Field	Value
conventional_long_name	Taifa of Zaragoza
common_name	Taifa of Zaragoza
era	Middle Ages
government_type	Monarchy
year_start	1013
year_end	1110
event_start	Downfall of Caliphate of Cordoba
event_end	Conquered by the Almoravids
p1	Caliphate of Córdoba
s1	Almoravid dynasty
today	Spain
image_map	Location map Taifa of Zaragoza.svg
image_map_caption	Taifa Kingdom of Zaragoza, c. 1080
capital	Zaragoza
common_languages	Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew, Berber
religion	Islam, Christianity (Roman Catholic), Judaism
currency	Dirham and Dinar

The taifa of Zaragoza () was an independent Arab Muslim state in the east of Al-Andalus (present-day Spain) with its capital in Saraqusta (Zaragoza) city. It was established in the early 11th century as one of the many Taifa kingdoms that followed the collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba around this time. It survived until 1110, when it was annexed by the Almoravids.

History

During the first part of this period (1013–1038), the city was ruled by the Arab Banu Tujib tribe. They were replaced by the Arab Banu Hud rulers, who had to deal with a complicated alliance with El Cid of Valencia and his Castilian masters against the Almoravids, who managed to bring the Taifas Emirates under their control. After the death of El Cid, his kingdom was conquered by the Almoravids, and by 1100 they had crossed the Ebro into Barbastro, which brought them into direct confrontation with Aragon.

The Banu Hud stubbornly resisted the Almoravid dynasty and ruled until they were eventually defeated by the Almoravids in May 1110. The last sultan of the Banu Hud, Abd-al-Malik, and Imad ad-Dawla of Saraqusta, were forced to abandon the capital. Abd-al-Malik allied himself with the Christian Aragonese under Alfonso I of Aragon and from then on the Muslim soldiers of Saraqusta served in the Aragonese forces. Soon afterwards (1118) a good deal of the old taifa, including the city of Zaragoza, was conquered by the Christian kingdom of Aragon, and remained in Christian hands thereafter.

Between c. 1040 and c. 1105, the Taifa of Lérida was separate from that of Zaragoza.

List of rulers

This list is taken from a list compiled by A. García-Sanjuán in The Routledge Handbook of Muslim Iberia:

Tujibid dynasty:

Al-Mundhir ibn Yahya al-Tujibi: c. 1013–1021/2
Yahya ibn al-Mundhir: 1021/2–1036
Al-Mundhir ibn Yahya: 1036–1038/9
Abd Allah ibn al-Hakam al-Tujibi: 1038/9 Huddid dynasty:
Al-Musta'in I: 1038/9–1046
Ahmad al-Muqtadir: 1046–1081/3
Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud: 1081/3–1085
Al-Musta'in II: 1085–1110
'Abd al-Malik Imad ad-Dawla: 1110

References

John Middleton. (1 June 2015). "World Monarchies and Dynasties". Taylor & Francis.
(1 July 2010). "A Concise History of Spain". Cambridge University Press.
Simon Barton. (14 October 2004). "The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 4, C.1024-c.1198". Cambridge University Press.
Fierro, Manuel. (2020). "The Routledge Handbook of Muslim Iberia". Routledge.

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