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16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Rise
- Decline
- List of taifas
- First period (11th century)
- Al-Tagr al-Adna (Central Portugal)
- Al-Garb (Southern Portugal)
- Al-Tagr al-Awsat (Central Spain)
- Southern Spain
- Al-Tagr al-A'la (Aragon and Catalonia)
- Al-Xarq (Eastern Spain)
- Second period (12th century)
- Third period (13th century)
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|The taifas (green) in 1031
The taifas (from ''ṭā'ifa, plural ṭawā'if, meaning "party, band, faction") were the independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal and Spain), referred to by Muslims as al-Andalus, that emerged from the decline and fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba between 1009 and 1031. They were a recurring feature of al-Andalus history.