List of Emirs of Almería
Encyclopedia
Almería was an emirate
(Muslim kingdom) in the taifa
(fragmentation of the Caliphate of Cordoba which had ruled nearly all Iberia) in the present south Spanish region of Andalusia. The title was Emir of Almería
and Cartagena
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Emirate
An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim monarch styled emir.-Etymology:Etymologically emirate or amirate is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any emir ....
(Muslim kingdom) in the taifa
Taifa
In the history of the Iberian Peninsula, a taifa was an independent Muslim-ruled principality, usually an emirate or petty kingdom, though there was one oligarchy, of which a number formed in the Al-Andalus after the final collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031.-Rise:The origins of...
(fragmentation of the Caliphate of Cordoba which had ruled nearly all Iberia) in the present south Spanish region of Andalusia. The title was Emir of Almería
Almería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
and Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain
Cartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital...
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- Wadhah al Ahmerig (ruler of Cartagena) 1013-1020
- Jairan el Schkleby 1016-1028 (conquered Cartagena c. 1020)
- Abul Kasim Zohair 1028-1037
- Occupied by GranadaGranadaGranada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
1037-1038 - Occupied by ValenciaKingdom of ValenciaThe Kingdom of Valencia , located in the eastern shore of the Iberian Peninsula, was one of the component realms of the Crown of Aragon. When the Crown of Aragon merged by dynastic union with the Crown of Castile to form the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Valencia became a component realm of the...
1038-1041 - Abul Awac Maan 1041-1051
- Muhammad al Mutasim 1051 in fight against:
- Somidah Ben Maan 1051
- Muhammad al Mutsaim 1051-1087
- Ahmed Ubaidallah Abu Merwan Izza ed Dawlah 1087-1091
- Mwar ed Dawlah ben Somadih 1091
- Occupied by Almoravids 1091, Almohads ?1147, 1230 the Nasrid Sultans of GranadaGranadaGranada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...