Taifa of Granada طائفة غرناطة | |||||||||
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| 1013–1090 | |||||||||
 Taifa of Granada, c. 1037 | |||||||||
| Capital | Granada | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic, Berber languages, Andalusi Romance,[citation needed] Hebrew[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Christianity,[citation needed] Judaism | ||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||
• 1013–1019/20 | Zawi ibn Ziri | ||||||||
• 1019/20–1038 | Habbus al-Muzaffar | ||||||||
• 1038–1073 | Badis ben Habus | ||||||||
• 1073–1090 | Abdallah ibn Buluggin | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Move of the Zirids to Granada | 1013 | ||||||||
• Annexation by the Almoravids | 1090 | ||||||||
| Currency | Dirham and Dinar | ||||||||
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The Taifa of Granada (Arabic: طائفة غرناطة, Ta'ifat Gharnata) or Zirid Kingdom of Granada was a Muslim kingdom that was formed in al-Andalus (in present-day Spain) in 1013 following the deposition of Caliph Hisham II in 1009. The kingdom was centered on Granada, its capital, and it also extended its control to Málaga for a period. Four kings succeeded each other during its nearly 80 years of existence, all of them belonging to an offshoot of the Zirid dynasty of North Africa, a Sanhaja Berber clan.[1][2] The Taifa of Granada was considered to be the wealthiest out of all of the taifa kingdoms.[3] It was eventually conquered by the Almoravids in 1090, putting an end to Zirid rule in Granada.[2]
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