Taifa of Majorca

Taifa of Majorca
1018–1203
Capital	Majorca
Common languages	Arabic Mozarabic Hebrew
Religion	Islam Roman Catholicism Judaism
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	1018
• Conquered by the Almohads	1203
Currency	Dirham and Dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Taifa of Dénia Almoravid dynasty Almohad Caliphate
Today part of	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

• Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī: 1018–1041
• 'Ali Iqbal ud-Dawlah: 1041–1075

Aglabid dynasty

• Ibn Aglab al-Murtada: 1076–1093
• Mubassir: 1093–1114
• Abu-l-Rabi Sulayman "El Burabe": 1114–1126

Ghaniyid dynasty

• Muhammad I: 1126–1155
• Ishaq: c. 1155–1184
• Muhammad II (deposed in a coup): 1184 d. 1187
• Ali (left to conquer the Maghreb): 1184
• Abu al-Zubayr or Talha: November 1184–1185
• Muhammad II (restored): 1185–1185
• Tashfin: 1185–1187
• 'Abdallah: 1187–1203
  • To Almohads: 1203–1229

See also

• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties