Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Taifa of Albarracín
1011/1012–1104
Ṭā'ifa; "Sahla Banu Razin"; also Santa María de Oriente. The town's name derives from its rulers, the Andalusian Berber (Hawwara) Banu Razin: Hudhayl ibn Khalaf Izz al-Dawla (1012–1044), Abd al-Malik Husam al-Dawla (1044–1103), and Yahya (1103–1104).
- Existed
- 1011/1012–1104
- Shown on the map
- 1015–1110
- Peak area
- 9k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Ṭā'ifa; "Sahla Banu Razin"; also Santa María de Oriente. The town's name derives from its rulers, the Andalusian Berber (Hawwara) Banu Razin: Hudhayl ibn Khalaf Izz al-Dawla (1012–1044), Abd al-Malik Husam al-Dawla (1044–1103), and Yahya (1103–1104). A small mountain statelet; conquered by the Almoravids in 1104.
Common questions
- What was the Taifa of Albarracín?
- Ṭā'ifa; "Sahla Banu Razin"; also Santa María de Oriente. The town's name derives from its rulers, the Andalusian Berber (Hawwara) Banu Razin: Hudhayl ibn Khalaf Izz al-Dawla (1012–1044), Abd al-Malik Husam al-Dawla (1044–1103), and Yahya (1103–1104).
- When did the Taifa of Albarracín exist?
- The Taifa of Albarracín existed 1011/1012–1104. On this map it is drawn 1015–1110.
- How large was the Taifa of Albarracín?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Taifa of Albarracín covered about 9,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for al-Andalus, the taifas and the Christian kingdoms as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and academic work on the historiography of the Reconquista and the taifa period (García-Sanjuán). The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Taifa of Albarracín en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taifa_of_Albarrac%C3%ADn
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