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Taifa of Lisbon

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Government
  
Monarchy

Downfall of Caliphate of Córdoba
  
1022

Founded
  
1034

Currency
  
Dirham

Historical era
  
Middle Ages

Preceded by
  
Succeeded by

Capital
  
Lisbon

Languages
  
Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew

Religion
  
Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism

The Taifa of Lisbon (from Arabic: طوائف اللشبونة Ta'waif al-Lishbunah was a medieval Islamic taifa kingdom of Al-Garb Al-Andalus which located in Al-Tagr Al-Adna region of Andalus, the north-western section of the Moorish Al-Andalus empire.

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The taifa encompassed the Lisbon region, of present-day Portugal, from 1022 to 1094.

Banu Sabur dynasty

  • Abd al-Aziz ibn Sabur — 1022−1030?
  • Abd al-Malik ibn Sabur — 1030?−1034?
  • History

    Taifa of Lisbon lasted until 1034, when the Aftasids conquered Lishbuna. It remained in Aftasid control until 1093, when the Kingdom of León briefly seized Lishbuna. The Almoravids took control of the city from 1094 to 1141. The instability of the Almoravid kingdom led to the Second Taifa Period. The Wazirids were independent from the Almoravids and controlled the city until 1147 when the Kingdom of Portugal besieged the city from July to October, which marked the end of Muslim control in Central Portugal.

  • To Aftasids: 1034-1093
  • Seized briefly by Kingdom of León: 1093
  • To Almoravids: 1094−1141
  • To Wazirids: 1141-1147
  • To Kingdom of Portugal after successful siege in 1147
  • References

    Taifa of Lisbon Wikipedia