Taifa of Granada

Taifa of Granada
طائفة غرناطة
1013–1090
Taifa of Granada, c. 1037
Taifa of Granada, c. 1037
CapitalGranada
Common languagesArabic, Berber languages, Andalusi Romance,[citation needed] Hebrew[citation needed]
Religion
Islam, Christianity,[citation needed] Judaism
GovernmentEmirate
• 1013–1019/20
Zawi ibn Ziri
• 1019/20–1038
Habbus al-Muzaffar
• 1038–1073
Badis ben Habus
• 1073–1090
Abdallah ibn Buluggin
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Move of the Zirids to Granada
1013
• Annexation by the Almoravids
1090
CurrencyDirham and Dinar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Caliphate of Córdoba
Almoravid dynasty

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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