Taifa of Toledo

Taifa of Toledo
1018 (de facto)–1085
Taifa Kingdom of Toledo, c. 1037.
Taifa Kingdom of Toledo, c. 1037.
CapitalToledo
Common languagesArabic[1]
Religion
Islam, Christianity (Mozarabic Rite), Judaism
GovernmentMonarchy
Emir 
• c. 1036–1043
Ismail al-Zahir
• 1043–1075
Yahya I al-Ma'mun
• 1075–1085
Yahya al-Qadir
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
1018 (de facto)
• incorporated to the taifa of Badajoz
1080–1081
• Disestablished
1085
CurrencyDirham and Dinar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Caliphate of Cordoba
Kingdom of Castile
Today part ofSpain

The Taifa of Toledo (Arabic: طائفة طليطلة, romanizedṭa'ifat ṭulayṭula) was an islamic polity (taifa) located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula in the high middle ages. It was ruled by the Dhulnunids, a Hawwara Berber clan. It emerged after 1018 upon the fracturing of the Caliphate of Córdoba, when the Dhulnunids, already strong in the lands of Santaver, Cuenca, Huete and Uclés, seized control over the city of Toledo, the capital of the Middle March of Al-Andalus.[2] Upon later territorial conquest, the taifa also expanded to the land of Calatrava.[3] It lasted until the Christian conquest of Toledo in 1085.

  1. ^ Zwartjes, Otto (2006). "Andalus". In Versteegh, Kees (ed.). Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Brill Academic Publisher. p. 58.
  2. ^ Izquierdo Benito, Ricardo (1986). Alfonso VI y la toma de Toledo (PDF). Diputación Provincial de Toledo. p. 14. ISBN 84-00-06167-5.
  3. ^ Urquiaga Cela, David (1997). "Aproximación al estudio del poblamiento en época andalusí en el valle medio oriental del Tajo". In Lorenzo, J. (ed.). Organización social del espacio en el Madrid medieval (PDF). Vol. II. Madrid. p. 21. ISBN 84-87090-17-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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