Muslim Spain and Portugal by Kennedy, Hugh -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents List of Maps Dedication Acknowledgements Note on Names and Dates Glossary Introduction 1. The Conquest and the Age of the Amirs, 711-56

The Iberian background The Muslim conquest, 711-16 The settlement of the Muslims The early governors, 714-41 The coming of the Syrians, 741-56

2. The Umayyad Amirate, 756-852

'Abd al-Raḥmān I and the establishment of the Umayyads, 755-88 The reigns of Hishām I and al-Ḥakam I, 788-822 The reign of 'Abd al-Raḥmān II, 822-52 The administration of the early Umayyad amirate The lands of the northern frontier, 788-852 The Iberian peninsula in the ninth century

3. Muḥammad, al-Mundhir and 'Abd Allāh: the Slide into Anarchy, 852-912

The accession and early years of the Amir Muḥammad The growing crisis of the Umayyad amirate, 852-86 The reign of 'Abd Allāh and the decay of the amirate, 888-912

4. The Golden Age of the Umayyad Caliphate, 912-76

The policies and strategies of 'Abd al-Raḥmān III The years of expansion, 912-29 Umayyad intervention in North Africa The later years of 'Abd al-Raḥmān III, 939-61 The reign of al-Ḥakam II al-Mustanṣir, 961-76 The caliphate in Mediterranean society

5. The 'Amirids and the Collapse of the Caliphate of Cordoba

The rise of al-Manṣūr, 976-81 Al-Manṣūr in power, 981-1002 The rule of al-Muẓaffar, 1002-8 The collapse of the Cordovan state, 1008-31

6. The Taifa Kingdoms

The emergence of the Taifa kingdoms Arab patrician Taifas: Seville, Zaragoza and Cordoba The 'old' Berber Taifas: Badajoz, Toledo and Albarracin The ṣaqāliba Taifas of the Levante The Zirids of Granada and other 'new' Berber Taifas Taifa politics The Christian advance, 1057-86

7. The Empire of the Almoravids

The origins of the Almoravid movement, c. 1050-86 The Almoravid conquest of al-Andalus, 1086-1102 The establishment of the Almoravid regime in al-Andalus The reign of 'Alī b. Yūsuf b. Tāshfīn: the years of victory, 1106-17 The structure of Almoravid government in al-Andalus The reign of 'Alī b. Yūsuf b. Tāshfīn: the years of decline, 1118-42

8. The Second Taifas 9. The Early Almohad Caliphate

The origins of the Almohad movement, c. 1100-30 'Abd al-Mu'min and the construction of the Almohad caliphate, 1130-63 The caliphate of Abū Ya'qūb Yūsuf: the early years, 1163-72 The Huete campaign, 1172 Abū Ya'qūb Yūsuf: the later years, 1173-84

10. The Later Almohad Caliphate

The caliphate of Abū Yūsuf Ya'qūb al-Manṣūr, 1184-99 The caliphate of al-Nāṣir, 1199-1213 The collapse of Almohad rule in al-Andalus, 1213-28 The twilight of al-Andalus, 1228-48

11. The Nasrids of Granada

Ibn al-Aḥmar and the foundation of the Nasrid kingdom, 1232-73 Nasrids, Merinids and Castilians, 1273-1333 The golden years of the Nasrid kingdom: Yūsuf I and Muḥammad V, 1333-91 Internal divisions and external threats, 1391-1464 The decline and fall of the Kingdom of Granada, 1464-92

Farewell to al-Andalus

Appendix 1: Governors of al-Andalus and Taifa Kings Appendix 2: Family Trees of the Ruling Dynasties of al-Andalus Bibliography Maps Index

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