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Al andalus the beginning
1. The Muslim conquest of the Iberian
Peninsula
Visigoth
civil war
King D.
Witiza
Rodrigo
Witiza´s family asked the Muslims in North Africa for help. The governor of this
region , Musa and his general Tariq, took their troops to the Peninsula and
defeated Don Rodrigo at the Battle of the Guadalete
2. Al-Andalus
Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
3. The Conquest
• Tariq and Muza did not give
power back to the visigoths
• In only four years , their
armies occupied most of the
Iberian Peninsula
• They met little resistance from
the Visigoths.
• The Muslims conquered
nearly all the Peninsula, except
for the North. They called the
territories in their power Al-
Andalus
• Al-Andalus was ruled by an
Emir , under the Omeya
Caliphate of Damasco
4. Al- Andalus
The Caliphate was Battle of
Battle of divided into taifas
Guadalete Las Navas de Tolosa Fall of Granada
TAIFAS AND
EMIRATE AND CALIPHATE OF CÓRDOBA ALMORAVIDS NASRID KINGDOM OF GRANADA
AND ALMOHADS
Abd-al-Rahman I
became Emir
of Córdoba
Timeline
5. The Independent Emirate (756-929)
• In 750 the Omeya family
was assassinated by Abbasi
family, but one member of
Omeya family, managed to
escape.
• He reached the Iberian
Peninsula, where he took
power. He was Abderramán
• In 756 , he became Emir of
Cordoba with the name of
Abderramán I . He was an
Iindependent authority of
Caliph of Baghdad.
6. The Caliphate of Cordoba
• Abderramán III inherit
the Throne
• He fought successfully
against internal revolts
and Christian attacks .
• In 929 he became
Caliph; the political
and religious leader
8. Caliphate of Córdoba
• It lasted until 1031 and it
was the most brilliant
period of Al-Andalus
• Abderraman III ordered
the famous palace of to
be built , in Medina
Azahara Cordoba
• The Caliph governed with
the hayib or prime
minister and visires or
ministers.
• The walies or governors,
controlled the provinces
9. Caliphs
• Hissan II became Caliph in
976 . As he was only eleven
years old , the general
Almanzor led the
government
• He ordered 50 razias
against the Christian
kingsdoms in the north to
obtain money and
prisioners.
• He looted Santiago de
Compostela in 997
10. The taifa kingdoms
• In 1031, the Caliphate
was divided into Taifas
• The Taifas were
constantly attacked by
Christians from the
North
• They paid taxes called
parias to the Christian
Kings to avoid attacks
11. They came from Africa
• Toledo fell into
Christian hands in 1085
• Muslims asked for help
from Almoravids , who
were Berber , warriors
from North Africa
• They reunited Al-
Andalus under the
empire which capital
was Marrakech
12. Ortodox people
• In 1147 the Almohads ,
who were also Berbers ,
came the power
• The are very extremist
people
• The Christian armies
united and defeated the
Almohads at the Battle of
Las Navas de Tolosa in
1212
• After this Christians
conquered almost all of
Al-Andalus
13. The Nashird kingdom of Granada
• It covered the provinces
of Malaga, Almeria y
Granada
• It is governed by Nasrh
Family
• It is very weak
• It was the vassal of
Castilla
• The kings of Granada
had to pay taxes to the
Kings of Castilla
14. Last years
• Its history was dominated
by opposition to the
Christian
• There were a lot of
internal battles between
the Nazarí dynasty and
other families such as
Abencerrajes
• Finally , the Kigdom
was conquered by
Catholic Monarchs in
1492
15. A prosperous economy
Agriculture Craftwork Trade
1-Most population work 1-The most important 1-It was one of the most
in agriculture products were ceramics, important trade centre.
2-They introduced a lot of pottery , leather, silverwork 2-Andalusian crafts were
innovations 2-The Muslims also made sold everywhere of the
3-Developed irrigation impressive wooden Empire.
techniques, water mills furniture and ornate 3-They bought slaves,
and canals leather books. gold , Ivory,
4-They introduced new 4-They had two coins , the
crops(cotton.rice..) gold dinar and the silver
dirhem .
17. Who is who?
Arabs had the best
land and were the
charge of
government They
were from Arabia and
Syria
Berbers had a higher
population , but had
fewer privileges. They
sometime rebelled . They
MUSLIMS
lived in the mountains
and they were
shepherds
Muladíes were former
ancient Christians who
adopted the religion,
language and customs
of Islam