Taifas ("factions" or "camps") were small independent Muslim kingdoms and principalities that emerged after the fall of hegemonic Muslim caliphates in al-Andalus – the Muslim-controlled part of the Iberian peninsula – during the High Middle Ages. There were three taifa periods between 1031 and the mid-13th century.
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Timeline
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1031The Umayyad Caiphate of Cordoba fragments; the emergence of the taifa system.
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1085Alfonso VI, king of Castile and León conquers the taifa of Toledo.
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c. 1090The Almoravids take control of al-Andalus.
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1144The second taifa system emerges in al-Andalus.
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1172 - 1212The Almohads dominate al-Andalus.
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1212Start of the third taifa period in al-Andalus.
