Taifa of Niebla

Taifa of Niebla
← 1023–1262 →
Taifa Kingdom of Niebla, c. 1037.
Capital		Niebla
Languages		Arabic, Mozarabic, Hebrew
Religion		Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism
Government		Monarchy
Historical era		Middle Ages
-	Established	1023
-	To Seville/Almoravids	1053–1091 / 1091–1145
-	To the Almohads	1150–1234
-	Conquered by Castile	1262
Currency		Dirham and Dinar

The Taifa of Niebla was a taifa kingdom that existed for three distinct times: from 1023 to 1053, from 1145 to 1150 and from 1234 to 1262.

From 1053 until 1091 it was under the forcible control of Taifa of Seville, by Abbad II al-Mu'tadid.^[1] when it was finally conquered by the Crown of Castile. In 1262 it was eventually absorbed by Castile.

List of Emirs

Yahsubid dynasty

• Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad: 1023/4–1041/2
• Muhammad al-Yahsubi Izz ad-Dawla: 1041/2–1051/2
• Abu Nars Fath: 1051/2–1053/4
  • To Seville: 1053/4–1091
  • To Morocco: 1091–c. 1145

Bitruyid dynasty

• Yusuf al-Bitruyi (in Tejada 1146–1150): 1145–11??, d. 1150
• al-Wahbi: 11??–1150
  • To Morocco: 1150–1234

Mahfuzid dynasty

• Su'ayb: 1234–1262
  • To Castile thereafter.

See also

• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties

References

Sources

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

Coordinates: 37°21′00″N 6°40′00″W / 37.3500°N 6.6667°W / 37.3500; -6.6667