Taifa of Tavira
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The Taifa of Tavira was a medieval taifa
kingdom in what is now southern Portugal
which existed only from around 1146 to 1150.
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...
which existed only from around 1146 to 1150.
'Umarid dynasty
- 'Umar: fl. mid 12th cent. (1146–1150)
- To Morocco: c. 1150-1250
Sources
- http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html