Conventional Long Name: | Taifa of Saltés and Huelva |
Common Name: | Taifa of Saltés and Huelva |
Era: | Middle Ages |
Government Type: | Monarchy |
Year Start: | 1012 |
Year End: | 1051 |
Event End: | Conquered by Seville |
P1: | Taifa of Badajoz |
Flag P1: | Location map Taifa of Badajoz.svg |
S1: | Taifa of Seville |
Flag S1: | Location map Taifa of Seville.svg |
Today: | Spain Portugal |
Image Map Caption: | Taifa Kingdom of Saltés and Huelva, c. 1037. |
Capital: | Saltés |
Common Languages: | Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew |
Religion: | Islam, Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Judaism |
Currency: | Dirham and Dinar |
The Taifa of Saltés and Huelva was a medieval Arab[1] taifa kingdom that existed in southern Iberia from around 1012 to 1051. From 1051 until 1091 it was under the forcible control of Seville, by Abbad II al-Mu'tadid.[2]
The geographer al-Bakri (d. 1094) was born in the taifa of Saltés and Huelva.
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