Taifa of Arcos

The Taifa of Arcos (Arabic: طائفة أركش) was a Berber medieval taifa kingdom that existed in two periods; first from 1011 to 1068. Ruled by the Zanata Berber family of the Banū Jizrūn. From 1068 until 1091 it was under the forcible control of Seville, by Abbad II al-Mu'tadid. It regained its independence from 1143 to 1145 when it was finally conquered by the Almohad Caliphate.

The Banū Jizrūn, belonging to the Berber Zanata confederation, led by Muhammad I, seized the cora of Sidonia after expelling the Umayyad governor that ruled. The dynasty proclaimed its independence, giving rise to the kingdom Taifa of Arcos in 1011, with its capital in the present city of Arcos de la Frontera.

List of Emirs

Jizrunid dynasty

• Muhammad I al-Jazari Imad ad-Dawla: 1011/2–1029/30
• 'Abdun ibn Muhammad: 1029/30–1053
• Muhammad II al-Qaim: 1053–1068/9

Conquest

• To Seville: 1068/9–1091
• To the Almoravids: 1101–1143

Idrisid dynasty

• Abu'l-Qasim Ahyal (also in Jerez): 1143–1145
  • To the Almohads: 1145–1248

See also

• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties

References

1. Taifa
2. Arcos
3. Taifa of Ronda
4. Arcos de la Frontera
5. List of Muslim states and dynasties
6. List of Sunni dynasties
7. Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera
8. List of dynasties
9. Alcazaba of Málaga
10. Abbad II al-Mu'tadid
11. Abu Nour
12. Timeline of Portuguese history (First Dynasty)
13. Abbadid dynasty
14. Alfonso VI of León and Castile
15. Berbers
16. Emirate of Granada
17. Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula
18. García II of Galicia
19. Kura (al-Andalus)
20. Calasparra