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Taifa of Murcia | |||||||||||
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1011–1266 | |||||||||||
![]() Taifa Kingdom of Murcia, c. 1037. | |||||||||||
Capital | Murcia | ||||||||||
Common languages | Arabic, Mozarabic, Ladino, Berber | ||||||||||
Religion | Islam, Christianity (Roman Catholic), Judaism | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Downfall of Caliphate of Córdoba | 1011 | ||||||||||
1014–1038 / 1038–1065 | |||||||||||
• To Seville/Almoravids | 1078–1091 / 1091–1145 | ||||||||||
• To Valencia | 1145–1147 | ||||||||||
• To the Almohads | 1172–1228 | ||||||||||
1266 | |||||||||||
Currency | Dirham and Dinar | ||||||||||
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The Taifa of Murcia (Arabic: طائفة مرسية) was an Arab[1] taifa of medieval Al-Andalus, in what is now southern Spain. It became independent as a taifa centered on the Moorish city of Murcia after the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (11th century). The Moorish Taifa of Murcia included Albacete and part of Almería as well.
The taifa is apparently the one that existed the greatest number of separate time periods (five): from 1011 to 1014, from 1065 to 1078, in 1145, from 1147 to 1172 and finally from 1228 to 1266 when it was absorbed by Castile, becoming the Kingdom of Murcia, one of the constituent kingdoms of the Crown of Castile.