Taifa of Carmona
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The Taifa of Carmona was a medieval taifa
kingdom that existed for two distinct periods; first from 1013 to 1066 when it was conquered by the Taifa of Seville
, and secondly from around 1143 to 1150 when it was finally conquered by the Almohads. The taifa was created and ruled by the Zenata
Berber Birzalid dynasty.
Taifa
In the history of the Iberian Peninsula, a taifa was an independent Muslim-ruled principality, usually an emirate or petty kingdom, though there was one oligarchy, of which a number formed in the Al-Andalus after the final collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031.-Rise:The origins of...
kingdom that existed for two distinct periods; first from 1013 to 1066 when it was conquered by the Taifa of Seville
Taifa of Seville
The Taifa of Seville was a short lived medieval kingdom, in what is now southern Spain and Portugal. It originated in 1023 and lasted until 1091, and was under the rule of the Arab Abbadid family.-History:...
, and secondly from around 1143 to 1150 when it was finally conquered by the Almohads. The taifa was created and ruled by the Zenata
Zenata
Zenata were an ethnic group of North Africa, who were technically an Eastern Berber group and who are found in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco....
Berber Birzalid dynasty.
Birzalid dynasty
- 'Abd Allah: 1013/4-1023/4
- MuhammadMuhammadMuhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
: 1023/4-1042/3 - Ishaq: 1042/3-1052/3
- Al-'Aziz: 1052/3-1066/7
- To SevilleTaifa of SevilleThe Taifa of Seville was a short lived medieval kingdom, in what is now southern Spain and Portugal. It originated in 1023 and lasted until 1091, and was under the rule of the Arab Abbadid family.-History:...
: 1066/7-1091 - To MoroccoAlmoravidsThe Almoravids were a Berber dynasty of Morocco, who formed an empire in the 11th-century that stretched over the western Maghreb and Al-Andalus. Their capital was Marrakesh, a city which they founded in 1062 C.E...
: 1091-c. 1143
- To Seville
Sources
- http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html