Taifa of Valencia

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Taifa of Valencia
1010–1238
Taifa Kingdom of Valencia, c. 1037
Capital	Valencia
Common languages	Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew, Berber
Religion	Islam, Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Judaism
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	1010
• To Toledo	1065–1075
• To Castile/Almoravids	1099–1102 / 1102–1145
• To Murcia/Almohads	1147–1172 / 1172–1229
• Conquered by Aragon	1238
Currency	Dirham and Dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Caliphate of Cordoba Almoravid Empire Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Valencia

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The Taifa of Valencia (Arabic: طائفة بلنسية) was a medieval Moorish taifa kingdom which existed, in and around Valencia, Spain during four distinct periods: from 1010 to 1065, from 1075 to 1099, from 1145 to 1147 and last from 1229 to 1238 when it was finally conquered by the Aragon.

From 1094 to 1099 the kingdom was also subject to the rule of legendary military leader El Cid.

List of Rulers[]

Saqlabi dynasty[]

• Mubarak and Muzaffar: 1010/1–1017
• Lab'ib (Tortosa c. 1009–bfr. 1039/40):1017–1019, d. bfr. 1039; with...
• Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī (in Denia 1010/2–1045): 1017–1021, d. 1045

•  [es] Abd al-Aziz: 1021–1061
•  [es]: 1061–1065
  • To Toledo: 1065–1075
•  [ca]: 1075–1085
•  [ca]: 1085–1086

Dhunnunid dynasty[]

• Yahya al-Qadir (in Toledo 1075–1085): 1086–1092

Yahhafid dynasty[]

El Cid orders the execution of and his companions after his conquest of the Taifa of Valencia in 1094.

• Ibn Jahaf: 1092–1094

Dynasty of El Cid[]

• El Cid: 1094–1099
• Jimena Díaz: 1099–1102
  • To Castile: 1099–1102
  • To Almoravids: 1102–1145

'Abd al-'Aziz dynasty[]

• : 1145

'Jyaddid dynasty[]

• : 1145–1146, d. 1147

Huddid dynasty[]

• Abu Dja'far Ahmad "Zafadola": 1146

'Jyaddid dynasty (restored)[]

• (restored): 1146–1147
  • To Murcia: 1147–1172
  • To Almohads: 1172–1229

Mardanis dynasty[]

• Zayyan (in Onda 1228–1229, Murcia 1239–1241): 1229–1238, d. 1241
  • To Crown of Aragon thereafter

See also[]

• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties