Conventional Long Name: | Taifa of Alpuente |
Common Name: | Taifa of Alpuente |
Era: | Middle Ages |
Government Type: | Monarchy |
Year Start: | 1009 |
Year End: | 1106 |
Event Start: | Downfall of Caliphate of Córdoba |
Event End: | Conquered by the Almoravids |
P1: | Caliphate of Cordoba |
S1: | Almoravids |
Flag S1: | Flag_of_Morocco_1147_1269.svg |
Image Map Caption: | Taifa Kingdom of Alpuente, c. 1037. |
Capital: | Alpuente, now in Valencia, Land of Valencia, Spain |
Common Languages: | Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew |
Religion: | Islam, Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Judaism |
Currency: | Dirham and Dinar |
The Taifa of Alpuente was a medieval taifa kingdom, of Berber origin,[1] that existed from around 1009 to 1106 created following the end of the Caliphate of Córdoba in the Iberian Peninsula in 1010. It was centered at the city of Alpuente. It was ruled by a Berber family of the Banu Qasim tribe.[2] [3]
c. 1009–1030
1030–1042
1042–1043
1043
1043–c. 1106