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Taifa of Orihuela
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The Taifa of Orihuela was a medieval taifa
kingdom which existed probably from around 1239 to 1249.
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 which existed probably from around 1239 to 1249.
Sources
- http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html