Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Taifa of Alpuente
1009–1106
Ṭā'ifa al-Sahla. Capital: Alpuente. Ruled by the Arab Banu Qasim: Abd Allah ibn Qasim Nizam al-Dawla (1008/9–1030) and successors to Yanah al-Dawla (1049–1092/1106).
- Existed
- 1009–1106
- Shown on the map
- 1010–1110
- Peak area
- 3k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Ṭā'ifa al-Sahla. Capital: Alpuente. Ruled by the Arab Banu Qasim: Abd Allah ibn Qasim Nizam al-Dawla (1008/9–1030) and successors to Yanah al-Dawla (1049–1092/1106). A tiny rural taifa; conquered by the Almoravids.
Common questions
- What was the Taifa of Alpuente?
- Ṭā'ifa al-Sahla. Capital: Alpuente. Ruled by the Arab Banu Qasim: Abd Allah ibn Qasim Nizam al-Dawla (1008/9–1030) and successors to Yanah al-Dawla (1049–1092/1106).
- When did the Taifa of Alpuente exist?
- The Taifa of Alpuente existed 1009–1106. On this map it is drawn 1010–1110.
- How large was the Taifa of Alpuente?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Taifa of Alpuente covered about 3,000 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 Alpuente en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taifa_of_Alpuente
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