Taifa of Santa María de Algarve
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The Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve was a medieval taifa
kingdom, in what is now southern Portugal
, that existed from 1018 to 1051.
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, in what is now southern Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, that existed from 1018 to 1051.
Harunid dynasty
- Sa'id: c. 1018-1041/2
- Muhammad al-Mu'tasim: 1041/2-1051
- 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:...
: 1051-1091
- To Seville
Sources
- http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html