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Taifa of Valencia

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Government
  
Monarchy

Established
  
1010

Founded
  
1010

Currency
  
Dirham

Historical era
  
Middle Ages

Preceded by
  
Succeeded by

Capital
  
Valencia

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Languages
  
Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew, Berber

Religion
  
Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism

The Taifa of Valencia was a medieval 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.

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

Saqlabi dynasty (Servile Rulers)

  • Mubarrak: 1010/1–1017 with...
  • Muzaffar: 1010/1–1017
  • Lab'ib (Tortosa c. 1009–bfr. 1039/40):1017–1019, d. bfr. 1039; with...
  • Muyahid (in Denia 1010/2–1045): 1017–1021, d. 1045

    • Amirid dynasty

  • 'Abd al-'Aziz: 1021–1061
  • 'Abd al-Malik al-Muzzaffar: 1061–1065
  • To Toledo: 1065–1075
  • Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Aziz: 1075–1085
  • 'Uthman: 1085–1086

    • Dhunnunid dynasty

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

    • Yahhafid dynasty

  • Abu Ahmad Dja'far: 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

  • Abu 'Abd al-Malik Marwan: 1145

    • 'Jyaddid dynasty

  • Abu Muhammad: 1145–1146, d. 1147

    • Huddid dynasty

  • Abu Dja'far Ahmad "Zafadola": 1146

    • 'Jyaddid dynasty (restored)

  • Abu Muhammad (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

    • References

    Taifa of Valencia Wikipedia
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