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Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve

1018–1051

Ṭā'ifa; centered on Santa Maria de Ossonoba (Faro). Ruled by the Andalusian Arab Said ibn Harun (1016/18–1041) and his son al-Mu'tasim (1041–1051).

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Existed
1018–1051
Shown on the map
1018–1055
Peak area
2k km²
Region
Europe

Names

Ṭā'ifa; centered on Santa Maria de Ossonoba (Faro). Ruled by the Andalusian Arab Said ibn Harun (1016/18–1041) and his son al-Mu'tasim (1041–1051). Annexed by Seville.

Common questions

What was the Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve?
Ṭā'ifa; centered on Santa Maria de Ossonoba (Faro). Ruled by the Andalusian Arab Said ibn Harun (1016/18–1041) and his son al-Mu'tasim (1041–1051).
When did the Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve exist?
The Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve existed 1018–1051. On this map it is drawn 1018–1055.
How large was the Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve?
At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve covered about 2,000 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:

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Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse it with a credit to The World Through Time and a link to this page. Passages drawing on the Wikipedia articles listed above are also licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 by their contributors.

Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).

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