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Taifa of Arcos

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Government
  
Monarchy

Downfall of Caliphate of Córdoba
  
1011

Currency
  
Dirham

Historical era
  
Middle Ages

Founded
  
1011

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Capital
  
Arcos de la Frontera, currently in Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain

Languages
  
Andalusi Arabic, Mozarabic , Hebrew

Religion
  
Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism

The Taifa of Arcos was a berber medieval taifa kingdom that existed in two periods; first from 1011 to 1068. Ruled by the Zanata Berber family of the Banū Jizrūn. From 1068 until 1091 it was under the forcible control of Seville, by Abbad II al-Mu'tadid. It regained its independence from 1143 to 1145 when it was finally conquered by the Almohads.

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The Banū Jizrūn, belonging to the berber zenata confederation, led by Muhammad I, took the power of the cora of Sidonia after expelling the ummayad governor that ruled proclaiming its independence and giving rise to the kingdom Taifa of Arcos in 1011, with its capital in the present city of Arcos de la Frontera .

Jizrunid dynasty

  • Muhammad I al-Jazari Imad ad-Dawla: 1011/2–1029/30
  • 'Abdun ibn Muhammad: 1029/30–1053
  • Muhammad II al-Qaim: 1053–1068/9
  • Conquest

  • To Seville: 1068/9–1091
  • To the Almoravids: 1101–1143
  • Idrisid dynasty

  • Abu'l-Qasim Ahyal (also in Jerez): 1143–1145
  • To the Almohads: 1145–1248
  • References

    Taifa of Arcos Wikipedia