Aftasids
The aftasids ( Arabic بنو الأفطس, DMG Banū l-Aftas ) were a Arabized Berber dynasty , of 1022 bis 1095 the Andalusian small Kingdom Badajoz ( Arabic بطليوس, DMG Baṭalyaus ) ruled.
When the Caliphate of Cordoba disintegrated into the Taifa kingdoms, Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Maslama ibn al-Aftas (1022-1045) ousted the Saqāliba Governor Sabur and gained power in Badajoz. Under his successors, the Aftasids not only controlled large parts of western Spain and Portugal , but Badajoz was also an important center of Islamic culture, which was promoted by the rulers. However, there were repeated military conflicts with the Abbadids of Seville and the kingdoms of Leon and Castile. In the south Mertola (1033) and Silves (1040) were lost, in the north Braga (1040), Porto (1050), Lamego (1057), Viseu (1058), Coimbra (1064) and Coria (1079). Umar al-Mutawakkil (1065-1094 / 95) tried in vain to incorporate Toledo around 1080 . When the Castilian King Alfonso VI. In 1085 Toledo conquered, Umar and the Emir al-Mu'tamid of Seville called the Almoravids from Morocco to help. These defeated Alfonso VI. 1086 near Sagrajas (الزلاقة, DMG az-Zallāqa ). However, when the Abbadids and Almoravids fell out and Seville was annexed by the Moroccans, the Aftasids allied themselves with Castile against their fellow believers and handed over Lisbon to them in 1093. Thereupon the Almoravids annexed Badajoz and in 1094 also recaptured Lisbon. Al-Mutawakkil was executed with two sons; another son, Al-Mansur III. ruled Montánchez from 1094 to 1095 and finally escaped to the court of Alfonso VI, where he later converted to Christianity .
literature
- Bernard F. Reilly: The Medieval Spains . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1993, ISBN 0-521-39436-8 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks).
- Hans-Rudolf Singer : Aftasids . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , column 200 f.