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Name: Taifa of Murcia
Type: Polity
Start: 1012 AD
End: 1266 AD
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Taifa of Murcia
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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
Chronology
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1. Fragmentation of the Caliphate of Córdoba
The Caliphate disintegrated in the early 11th century during the Fitna of al-Andalus, a civil war between the descendants of caliph Hisham II and the successors of his hajib (court official), Al-Mansur, leading to the establishment of a multitude of independent Muslim kingdoms (taifas).
2. 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.
2.1.Conquests of Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad
Were the military conquests of Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, emir of the Taifa of Seville.
3. Establishment and expansion of the Almohad Caliphate
Were the conquests of Abd al-Mu'min, founder of the Moroccan Almohad Caliphate.
4. Reconquista
Were a series military campaigns from the 8th century until 1492 by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula to reconquer the region from the Islamic rulers that had conquered it during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.
