Taifa

The taifas were the independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms of the , referred to by Muslims as al-Andalus, that emerged from the decline and fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba between 1009 and 1031.
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  • Type: Locality with 6,990 residents
  • Description: emirates of Al-Andalus
  • Also known as: taifa

Taifa

Latitude
34.3556° or 34° 21′ 20″ north
Longitude
-4.0782° or 4° 4′ 42″ west
Population
6,990
Elevation
801 metres (2,628 feet)
Open location code
8C6Q9W4C+6P
Geo­Names ID
6547062
Wiki­data ID
Q217177
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Taifa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الطوائف
  • Arabic: امسيلة
  • Arabic: حكام الطوائف
  • Arabic: طوائف الأندلس
  • Arabic: عصر الطوائف
  • Arabic: ملوك الطوائف
  • Aragonese: taifa
  • Armenian: Թայֆա
  • Armenian: Տաիֆա
  • Armenian: Տայֆա
  • Asturian: reinu de taifa
  • Asturian: reinu de taifes
  • Asturian: taifa
  • Asturian: Taifa
  • Asturian: taifes
  • Basque: Taifa
  • Bengali: তাইফা
  • Breton: Taifa
  • Bulgarian: Таифа
  • Bulgarian: Тайфа
  • Catalan: Regnes de Taifa
  • Catalan: Regnes de Taifes
  • Catalan: Regnes Taifa
  • Catalan: taifa
  • Catalan: Taifa
  • Catalan: Taifes
  • Chinese: 泰法
  • Czech: Taifas
  • Czech: Taifská království
  • Danish: Taifa
  • Dutch: taifa
  • Dutch: Taifa
  • Egyptian Arabic: ملوك الطوائف
  • Egyptian Arabic: ملوك الطوايف
  • Esperanto: Tajfo
  • Extremaduran: Taifa
  • Finnish: taifa
  • Finnish: Taifa
  • French: Epoque des taifas
  • French: Époque des taifas
  • French: Reyes de taifas
  • French: Taifa (Commune Rurale)
  • French: Taifa (CR)
  • French: Taifa
  • French: taïfa
  • French: Taïfa
  • Galician: taifa
  • Galician: Taifa
  • Georgian: ტაიფა
  • German: Reyes de taifas
  • German: Taifa-Königreich
  • German: Taifa-Königreiche
  • German: Taifa-Reiche
  • German: Taifas
  • Greek: Ταϊφά
  • Hebrew: טאיפה
  • Hungarian: Táifa
  • Indonesian: Muluk ath-Thawaif
  • Indonesian: Negara taifa
  • Indonesian: Taifa
  • Italian: Regni di Taifa
  • Italian: Ta’ifa
  • Italian: taifa
  • Italian: Taifa
  • Japanese: ターイファ
  • Japanese: タイファ
  • Kazakh: Тайфа
  • Korean: 타이파
  • Latin: Taifa
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Taifa
  • Lithuanian: taifa
  • Lithuanian: Taifa
  • Lithuanian: Taifai
  • Lithuanian: Taifos
  • Macedonian: Таифа
  • Macedonian: таифски
  • Malay: Taifa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Taifa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Taifa
  • Norwegian: Taifa
  • Occitan (post 1500): Taifa
  • Persian: طوایف (اندلس)
  • Persian: طوایف
  • Polish: Taifa
  • Portuguese: Reino taifa
  • Portuguese: Reinos de Taifas
  • Portuguese: Reinos taifas
  • Portuguese: Taifa
  • Portuguese: Taifas
  • Russian: тайфа
  • Russian: Тайфа
  • Serbian: таифа
  • Serbian: Таифа
  • Serbo-Croatian: Taifa
  • Slovenian: taifa
  • Slovenian: Taifa
  • Spanish: Emirato
  • Spanish: Reino de Taifa
  • Spanish: Reinos de Taifas
  • Spanish: Tā’ifa
  • Spanish: taifa
  • Spanish: Taifa
  • Spanish: Taifas
  • Swedish: Taifa
  • Tagalog: Taifa
  • Turkish: Mülûkü’t-Tavâif
  • Turkish: Tavâif-i Mülûk
  • Ukrainian: тайфа
  • Ukrainian: Тайфа
  • Urdu: طائفہ

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