Taifa of Majorca explained

Conventional Long Name:Taifa of Majorca
Common Name:Taifa of Mallorca
Era:Middle Ages
Government Type:Monarchy
Year Start:1018
Year End:1203
Event End:Conquered by the Almohads
P1:Taifa of Dénia
S1:Almoravid dynasty
S2:Almohad Caliphate
Capital:Majorca
Currency:Dirham and Dinar
Today:Spain

The Taifa of Majorca was a medieval Islamic taifa kingdom which existed from 1018 to 1203 in Majorca. It was founded by the Slavic warlord Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī.

The first taifa lasted for about 50 years (1076-1116), first succumbing to a Christian crusade and later being occupied by the Almoravids. After a period in which the Balearic Islands were integrated into the Almoravid Empire, it ended up disintegrating, suffering the same fate as the Caliphate of Córdoba. It was ruled by the Aghlabid dynasty, an Arab Najdi dynasty of the Banu Tamim tribe.

A new, independent kingdom arose, the second taifa (1147-1203), under the Banu Ghaniya dynasty, which would become the last Almoravid stronghold in Al-Andalus against the Almohads' advance.

List of Emirs

Mujahid dynasty

Aglabid dynasty

Ghaniyid dynasty

See also

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