Taifa of Mértola

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Was one of the Taifas (independent Muslim principality) in the Iberian Peninsula that emerged in the period following the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.

Establishment

January 1032: The Taifa of Mértola existed from 1033.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of the Taifa of Seville

Were the conquests of the Taifa of Seville, one of the most powerful Islamic kingdoms in the Medieval Iberian Peninsula.

1.1.Conquests of Abbad II al-Mu'tadid

Were the military conquests of Abbad II al-Mu'tadid, emir of the Taifa of Seville.

January 1045: From 1044 until 1091 the Taifa of Mértola was under the forcible control of the Taifa of Seville.

2. Establishment and expansion of the Almohad Caliphate

Were the conquests of Abd al-Mu'min, founder of the Moroccan Almohad Caliphate.

January 1152: Taifa of Mértola conquered by the Almohads.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1145: During the second taifa period, after the fall of the Almoravid Empire, an independent taifa arose again in Mértola that lasted from 1144.

January 1146: Brief intermediate period in which the Taifa of Mértola was annexed to that of Badajoz.

January 1147: End of the brief intermediate period in which the Taifa of Mértola was annexed to that of Badajoz.