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: “Emirato”, “Epoque des taifas”, “Époque des taifas”, “Mülûkü’t-Tavâif”, “Negara taifa”, “Regnes de Taifa”, “Regnes de Taifes”, “Regnes Taifa”, “Regni di Taifa”, “Reino de Taifa”, “Reino taifa”, “Reinos de Taifas”, “Reinos taifas”, “reinu de taifa”, “reinu de taifes”, “Reyes de taifas”, “Ta’ifa”, “Tā’ifa”, “taifa”, “Taifa-Königreich”, “Taifa-Reiche”, “Taifai”, “taifes”, “Taifes”, “Taifos”, “таифски”, “Թայֆա”, “Տաիֆա”, “الطوائف”, “حكام الطوائف”, “طوائف الأندلس”, “عصر الطوائف”, and “ターイファ”

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: “امسيلة”
  • Arabic: “ملوك الطوائف”
  • Aragonese: “taifa”
  • Armenian: “Տայֆա”
  • Asturian: “taifa”
  • Asturian: “Taifa”
  • Basque: “Taifa”
  • Bengali: “তাইফা”
  • Breton: “Taifa”
  • Bulgarian: “Таифа”
  • Bulgarian: “Тайфа”
  • Catalan: “taifa”
  • Catalan: “Taifa”
  • 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: “Taifa (Commune Rurale)”
  • French: “Taifa (CR)”
  • French: “Taifa”
  • French: “taïfa”
  • French: “Taïfa”
  • Galician: “taifa”
  • Galician: “Taifa”
  • Georgian: “ტაიფა”
  • German: “Taifa-Königreiche”
  • Greek: “Ταϊφά”
  • Hebrew: “טאיפה”
  • Hindi: “ताइफ़ा”
  • Hungarian: “Táifa”
  • Indonesian: “Muluk ath-Thawaif”
  • Indonesian: “Taifa”
  • Italian: “taifa”
  • Italian: “Taifa”
  • Japanese: “タイファ”
  • Kazakh: “Тайфа”
  • Korean: “타이파”
  • Latin: “Taifa”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Taifa”
  • Lithuanian: “taifa”
  • Lithuanian: “Taifa”
  • Macedonian: “Таифа”
  • Malay: “Taifa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taifa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taifa”
  • Norwegian: “Taifa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Taifa”
  • Persian: “طوایف (اندلس)”
  • Persian: “طوایف”
  • Polish: “Taifa”
  • Portuguese: “Taifa”
  • Russian: “тайфа”
  • Russian: “Тайфа”
  • Serbian: “таифа”
  • Serbian: “Таифа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taifa”
  • Slovenian: “taifa”
  • Slovenian: “Taifa”
  • Spanish: “taifa”
  • Spanish: “Taifa”
  • Swedish: “Taifa”
  • Tagalog: “Taifa”
  • Turkish: “Tavâif-i Mülûk”
  • Ukrainian: “тайфа”
  • Ukrainian: “Тайфа”
  • Urdu: “طائفہ”

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