The taifas (from Arabic: طائفة ṭā'ifa, plural طوائف ṭawā'if, meaning "party, band, faction") were the independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms of...

Taifa of Niebla, a medieval Moorish 'taifa' kingdom on the Iberian peninsula Niebla, Chile, a coastal town in the municipality of Valdivia Mr. Niebla...

constructed. From 1023 Niebla became the capital of the Taifa of Niebla, whose army fought the Taifa of Seville. The battle was lost and Niebla fell under the...

(1042–1069) who succeeded him, expanded the taifa by conquering Mertola, Niebla, Saltés and Huelva, Silves, Santa María de Algarve during his reign. His son, Muhammad...

ruled much of what is now southern Portugal. Eventually, however, a taifa based at Niebla was founded in the last years of 1230s and controlled the region...

taifa kingdoms (1009–1110); the Almoravid Empire (1085–1145); the second taifa period (1140–1203); the Almohad Caliphate (1147–1238); the third taifa...

fall of the Caliphate, it broke down into two kingdoms: The Taifa of Niebla and the Taifa of Huelva. Small Kūra located on the banks of the Guadiana River...

Taifa of Lisbon (1022–1093) Taifa of Seville (1023–1091) Taifa of Niebla (1023–1262) Taifa of Córdoba (1031–1091) Taifa of Mértola (1033–1151) Taifa of...

the Kingdom of Taifa of Lebre or the Algarve, with its capital at Niebla. In 1262, due to the conquest of Niebla by Alfonso X, Taifa territory became...

1060–1063 – Council (Ecumenical Synod) of Santiago de Compostela. 1060 – The heretic Berghouata Berbers set up a Taifa in Ceuta, but are eventually crushed by the...