Taifa of Murcia

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Taifa of Murcia
1011–1266
Taifa Kingdom of Murcia, c. 1037.
Capital	Murcia
Common languages	Arabic, Mozarabic, Ladino, Berber
Religion	Islam, Christianity (Roman Catholic), Judaism
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Downfall of Caliphate of Córdoba	1011
• To Almeria/Valencia	1014–1038 / 1038–1065
• To Seville/Almoravids	1078–1091 / 1091–1145
• To Valencia	1145–1147
• To the Almohads	1172–1228
• Annexed by Castile	1266
Currency	Dirham and Dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Caliphate of Cordoba Taifa of Seville Kingdom of Murcia

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The Taifa of Murcia (Arabic: طائفة مرسية) was an Arab^[1] taifa of medieval Al-Andalus, in what is now southern Spain. It became independent as a taifa centered on the Moorish city of Murcia after the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (11th century). The Moorish Taifa of Murcia included Albacete and part of Almería as well.

The taifa is apparently the one that existed the greatest number of separate time periods (five): from 1011 to 1014, from 1065 to 1078, in 1145, from 1147 to 1172 and finally from 1228 to 1266 when it was absorbed by Castile, becoming the Kingdom of Murcia, one of the constituent kingdoms of the Crown of Castile.