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Name: Taifa of Menorca

Type: Polity

Start: 1229 AD

End: 1287 AD

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Was one of the Taifas (independent Muslim principality) in the Iberian Peninsula that emerged in the period following the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.

Establishment


  • January 1229: The Taifa of Menorca existed from 1228.
  • Chronology


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    1. Reconquista


    Were a series military campaigns from the 8th century until 1492 by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula to reconquer the region from the Islamic rulers that had conquered it during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.

  • January 1232: Conquest of Menorca (with the exception of the city of Mao).
  • February 1287: Conquest of Maó.
  • January 1288: Taifa of Menorca conquered by the Crown of Aragon.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1288: Taifa of Menorca conquered by the Crown of Aragon.
  • Selected Sources


  • Expansión peninsular de la Corona de Aragón. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 21 September 2021. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Expansi%C3%B3n_peninsular_de_la_Corona_de_Arag%C3%B3n.png
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