Al-Andalus

Al-ʾAndalus (Arabic ???????) is the Arabic name given to the southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula by its Muslim conquerors; it refers to both the Emirate (ca 750-929) and Caliphate of Córdoba (929-1031) and its taifa successor kingdoms specifically, and in general to territories under Muslim rule (711-1492). As Iberia was slowly regained by Christians fighting from northern enclaves, in the long process known as the Reconquista, the name "al-Andalus" came to refer the Muslim-dominated lands of the former Roman Hispania Baetica, Hispania Lusitania and Hispania Tarraconensis, within an ever-southward-moving frontier. See also Andalusia and Andalusia (disambiguation)

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Arabic - Iberian Peninsula - Muslim - 750 - 929 - Caliphate of Córdoba - 1031 - Taifa - 711 - 1492 - Christian - Reconquista - Hispania Baetica - Hispania Lusitania - Hispania Tarraconensis - Andalusia - Andalusia (disambiguation)

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