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Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Taifa of Silves
1040–1063
Ṭā'ifa Shilb. Capital: Silves (Algarve). Ruled by the Andalusian Arab Banu Muzayn: Isa ibn Muzayn al-Muzaffar and successors to 1063.
- Existed
- 1040–1063
- Shown on the map
- 1040–1065, 1147–1168 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 6k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Ṭā'ifa Shilb. Capital: Silves (Algarve). Ruled by the Andalusian Arab Banu Muzayn: Isa ibn Muzayn al-Muzaffar and successors to 1063. A cultured court; annexed by Seville in 1063. Re-emerged in the second taifa period (1144–1155).
Common questions
- What were the Taifa of Silves?
- Ṭā'ifa Shilb. Capital: Silves (Algarve). Ruled by the Andalusian Arab Banu Muzayn: Isa ibn Muzayn al-Muzaffar and successors to 1063.
- When did the Taifa of Silves exist?
- The Taifa of Silves existed 1040–1063. On this map they are drawn 1040–1065, 1147–1168.
- How large were the Taifa of Silves?
- At their greatest extent drawn on this map, the Taifa of Silves covered about 6,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives them across the years they are drawn, not necessarily their 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 Silves en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taifa_of_Silves
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