Conquest Almoravid
History of al-Andalus  |
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| 711 to 756 The Conquest |
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756 - 1031 The Umayyads of Cordoba |
1031-1086 The Taifa |
1086-1147 The Almoravids |
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1147-1226 Almohads |
1238 - 1492 The Kingdom of Granada |
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| Reconquista |
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| Rulers of al-Andalus |
| Science and technology |
| Maps of al-Andalus |
The conquest Almoravid corresponds to the passage of al-Andalus under the Almoravids domination. This period lasts from 1086 to 1142.
Summary |
Events of 1086
- The Arab rulers of Spain, including Ibn Al-Abbad Mutamid Seville, threatened by Alfonso VI of Castile , involve the Almoravid Yussuf Ibn Tashfin.
- October 23 : Battle of Sagrajas , victory Almoravids the Castilians Sagrajas (Zalaca), in the province of Badajoz. Progressive Muslim armies were interrupted by the departure of Ibn Tashfin for the Maghreb , which recalled the death of his son. Christians retook the offensive to Murcia and Almeria, Al Mutamid resolved to go in person to beg for Ibn Tachfine a new intervention of the Almoravids ( 1088 or 1090 ). Ibn rendered unusable Tachfine the powerful military base Aledo (In the South West of Murcia), against which the Taifa had failed, and restores the situation. Everything promised a major offensive of the combined forces of the Almoravids and Moors. But the Muslim kingdoms of Spain were too small to lend effective support to Ibn Tachfine too divided and not to attempt the Berber leader to expand its power at their expense. He soon no longer act as an ally, but as a master. If the Taifa kings, scholars and corrupt, despised the rough and austere Sahara, the people, Christian victim of reprisals, and the lawyers ( foqahas ) opposed to the disbelief of the Andalusian Malikism issued strict these Berbers, they considered as envoys of God. Armed with this dual support, Ib Tachfine could arise as an arbiter of disputes, exiled kings and confiscate their lands. The foqahas legitimated each of its encroachments by a ''fatwa''. He succeeded to restore the unity of Islam in Spain ( 1094 ). Yet he respected the kingdom of Zaragoza, which he considered as a buffer state between Christians and Almoravids. Valencia, in the hands of the Cid , and his widow Jimena , fell only in 1102 the power of the Almoravids. When Ibn Tachfine died almost a century, they say, he bequeathed to Ali, the son of 23 years he had a Christian slave, a huge empire that included Muslim Spain until Fraga (south- West Lerida) north, the islands Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza ( 1106 or 1107 ) Implications for Al-Andalus
- 1090 : Youssef Ibn Tasufin reign throughout al-Andalus.
This period ends at the time of the Taifa.
Between 1142 and 1147, the Taifa (local potentates) are replaced due to the erosion of power in the empire Almoravids.
Consequences for the Reconquista
We must wait for the Almohads the Christian kingdoms united. Disagreements persist between the sovereigns, which mark a break from the Reconquista to assimilate the steps carved into the territories in the preceding period.
Events of 1147
In the Maghreb, the Almohad under Abd al-Mumin kill the last leader Almoravid to Marrakech and make it their capital.
The Almohad under Abd al-Mumin landed in the country of al-Andalus ( Spain ).
- Alfonso I of Portugal taking advantage of declining Almoravids , take Lisbon and Santarem (with the help of an Anglo-Flemish fleet bound for the Middle East) and consolidate his kingdom.
- 1236: Christians seized Cordoba after advancing to Grenada.
- Pope extends the privileges of the crusade (leniency) which the Spaniards took Almeria.
References
See also
Period: Almohad Conquest
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