Taifa of Mértola

Taifa of Mértola
1033–1151
Location of Taifa of Mértola Taifa Kingdom of Mértola, c. 1037.
Capital		Mértola
Languages		Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew
Religion		Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism
Government		Monarchy
Historical era		Middle Ages
•	Downfall of Caliphate of Córdoba	1033
•	To Seville/Almoravids	1044–1091 / 1091–1144
•	To Badajoz	1145–1146
•	Conquered by the Almohads	1151
Currency		Dirham and Dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Caliphate_of_Cordoba Almohads
Today part of		Portugal

The Taifa of Mértola was a medieval taifa kingdom that existed in what is now southeastern Portugal for three distinct periods: from 1033 to 1044, from 1144 to 1145 and from 1146 to 1151. From 1044 until 1091 it was under the forcible control of Seville, by Abbad II al-Mu'tadid. Its short-lived history ended in 1151, when it was finally conquered by the Almohads.

File:Castelo mertola ibn qasi.jpg

Statue of Ibn Qasi (Lord of Mértola) next to Mértola's Castle.

List of Emirs

Tayfurid dynasty

• Ibn Tayfur: 1033?–1044
  • To Seville: 1044–1091
  • To Almoravids: 1091–1144

Qasid dynasty

• Abu-l-Qasim Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Qasi: 1144–1145, d. 1151
  • To Badajoz: 1145–1146
• Abu-l-Qasim Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Qasi (restored): 1146–1151
  • To Almohads: 1151–1250

Sources

• http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/taifa.html

See also

• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties