Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve | |||||||||
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| 1018–1051 | |||||||||
 Taifa Kingdom of Santa Maria do Algarve, c. 1037 | |||||||||
| Capital | Santa Maria do Algarve | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic,Mozarabic,Hebrew | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam,Christianity (Roman Catholicism),Judaism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1018 | ||||||||
• Conquered by theTaifa of Seville | 1051 | ||||||||
| Currency | Dirham andDinar | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Portugal | ||||||||
TheTaifa of Santa Maria do Algarve (Arabic:شنتمرية الغرب,romanized: Shantamariyya al-Gharb) was a medievalIslamictaifaMoorish kingdom or emirate located in what is now southernPortugal, that existed from 1018 to 1051. From 1051 until 1091, it was under the forcible control ofSeville viaAbbad II al-Mu'tadid.[1] Known as theBanu Harun, their descendants remained asQadis of the city until its reconquest byPortugal in 1249, the last of whom beingAloandro Ben Bekar.
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