The Taifa of Silves (, ) was an ArabKennedy, Hugh (2014). Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus. Routledge. . taifa kingdom that existed in what is now southern Portugal for two distinct periods: from 1027 to 1063, and again from 1145 to 1150, Portugal-Info website, 7th Period - First Dynasty of Portugal when it was finally conquered by the Almohad Caliphate.
The taifa occupied the westernmost part of the presently Portuguese region of Algarve, near Cape St. Vincent, with its capital in Silves. The Taifa of Silves was constituted in the early 11th century and starting from 1048, the power was held by the family of the Banu Muzayn, Rota Literária do Algarve website, Silves Literary Walk (2020), page 9 including three emirs: Isa II al-Muzaffar (1048–1053), Muhammad II al-Nasir (1053–1058), and Isa III al-Muzaffar (1058–1063). Under the latter the kingdom was conquered by the more powerful taifa of Seville,Portugal-Info website, 5th Period - First County of Portugal led by Abbad II al-Mu'tadid.
During the so-called second taifa period, which followed the fall of the Almoravid dynasty, Silves was the seat of a second, ephemeral taifa, which lasted from 1145 to 1150, when it was conquered by the Almohads.
List of Emirs Banu Muzayn 'Isa I: 1027–1040/1 Condado de Castilla website, ’Isà I Ben Abu Bakr Ben Muzayn, First King of the Taifa of Silves, article by Javier Iglesia Aparicio Muhammad I: 1040/1–1048 Condado de Castilla website, Muhammad I Ben Isa, Amid Ad-Dawla, King of the Taifa of Silves, article by Javier Iglesia Aparicio 'Isa II: 1048–1053 Condado de Castilla website, Isà II Ben Muhammad, Al-Muzaffar, King of the Taifa of Silves, article by Javier Iglesia Aparicio Muhammad II: 1053–1058 Condado de Castilla website, Muhammad II Ben Isà Ben Muzayn, King of the Taifa of Silves, article by Javier Iglesia Aparicio 'Isa III: 1058–1063Condado de Castilla website, Isà III Ben Muhammad Ben Muzayn, Last King of the Taifa of Silves, article by Javier Iglesia Aparicio> To Seville: 1063–1091 To Morocco: 1091–1145
al-Mundirid dynasty Abu'l-Walid Muhammad: 1145–1150 To Morocco: 1150–1250
See also List of Sunni Muslim dynasties Siege of Silves (1189)
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