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Period: 711 to 756
Dependent Emirate
during the Caliphate of Damascus the Umayyad family ruled the Emirate.
Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, led by Táriq ibn Ziyad. -
756
Independent Emirate (756)
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Period: 756 to 930
Independent Emirate
was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty. It was established after the arrival of Abd al-Rahman I, an Umayyad prince who escaped the massacre of his family in Damascus, following the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate to the Abbasids in 750. -
Period: 929 to 1031
Caliphate of Córdoba
Was founded by Abd al-Rahman III, he named himself caliph to achieve his independence from the Abbasid caliphate of Baghdad and the Fatimids of Africa.
Before Cordoba became a caliphate, it was an emirate ruled by the Umayyad dynasty -
1031
1031 territories
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Period: 1031 to 1238
Taifa's Kingdoms
The kingdoms of taifas were Muslim states that appear after the fall of the Caliphate of Cordoba in 1031. They were formed due to the fighting between the Arabs, Berbers and Slavs after the fall of the caliphate. The Al-Andalus was divided into 20-30 taifas ruled by different local dynasties. The most powerful taifas were: Sevilla, Córdoba, Zaragoza, Toledo, Granada, Valencia and Badajoz. The need of territories made taifas weak for the Christian kingdoms, which were in the Reconquest. -
Period: 1238 to 1494
(Nasri) Kingdom of Granada
It was the last Muslim state in the Iberian peninsula, it was founded by Al-Ahmar of the Nazari dynasty. They maintained alliances and tributes with the Christian kingdoms to secure their position. In 1492 after the war of Granada, the last Nasrid king (Boabdil) gave the kingdom to the catholic kings putting an end to the reconquista. -
1492
Nasri Kingdom in 1492
