Taifa of Málaga
Taifa of Málaga | |||||||||||||
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1026–1239 | |||||||||||||
Almohads | 1153–1229 | ||||||||||||
• Conquered by Granada | 1239 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Dinar | ||||||||||||
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The Taifa of Málaga (
History
First taifa
The taifa was created in 1026 when
At his death in 1035, the kingdom was divided into two independent entities: the taifa of Málaga proper, under his brother Idris I al-Muta'ayyad, and the Taifa of Algeciras, under his nephew Muhammad ben al-Qasim. Struggle against Seville continued, reaching its climax in the Malagan victory in the 1039 Battle of Écija, thanks also to the support of the taifas of Almería, Granada and Carmona. Idris I was succeeded in Málaga by Yahya II al-Qa'im, who lasted only one year, being ousted in 1040 by his uncle Hasan al-Mustansir, in turn overthrown in 1042 by the Saqaliba Naya al-Siqlabi.
In the same year Naya was assassinated, and the Hammudids regained the throne with
After Badis' death in 1073 and the division of the Granadan taifa between his successors, Málaga went to Tamim ben Buluggin ben Badis while Abd Allah ben Buluggin gained the taifa of Granada. In 1090, the taifa was conquered by the Islamic Almoravid dynasty.
Second taifa
During the so-called second taifa age, Málaga was self-ruled for eight years starting from 1145, under the Banu Hassun Abu'l-Hakam al-Husayn, who exploited a popular revolt against the Almoravids. His unpopular policies, however, as well as his alliance with the Christians, caused his fall by the hands of the
Third taifa
In 1229, in the course of the third taifa period, Málaga became shortly independent in 1229 under Ibn Zannun, from the Banu Zanum dynasty. His fall in 1238 marked the end of the taifa of Málaga, which was incorporated into the emirate of Granada.
List of Emirs
Hammudid dynasty
- Yahya I al-Mu'tali: 1026 or 1027–1035
- Idris I al-Muta'ayyad: 1035–1039
- Yahya II al-Qa'im: 1039–1040
- Hasan al-Mustansir: 1040–1042
- Naya the Usurper: 1042
- Idris II al-Ali: 1042–1047 d. 1054/5
- Muhammad I ben al-Qasim: 1047–1053
- Idris III al Sami: 1053
- Idris II (restored): 1053–1054/5
- Muhammad II al-Musta'li: 1054/5
- Yahya III al-Mahdi (in Melilla 1063–1064): 1054/5–1057/8 d. 1064
- To Taifa of Granada: 1057/8–1073
Zirid dynasty
- Tamim: 1073–1090
- To Almoravids: 1090–1145
- To
Hassunid dynasty
- Abu'l-Hakam al-Husayn: 1145–1153
- To Almohads: 1153–1229
- To
Zannunid dynasty
- Ibn Zannun: 1229?–1239
- To Granada: 1239–1487
See also
- Solomon ibn Gabīrōl, 11th-century Andalusī Sephardī poet and Neo-Platonistic philosopher native from Málaga.
- List of Shī'a Muslim dynasties
- List or Sunnī Muslim dynasties