Almería, Muslim statelet, or taifa, of

The Taifa of Almería is a Muslim medieval kingdom in what is now the province of Almería in Spain.

In this period, the city of Almería reaches its historical splendor under powerful local emirs like Jayran or Jairan, the first fully independent Emir of Almería and Cartagena, and Abu Yahyà Muhammad ben Ma'n.Almería declares independence of its province from Caliphate of Cordoba around 1012.

It remains as an independent kingdom, although several campaigns of the Taifa of Seville diminish its territory in the North.The kingdom is important due to its strategic location, its harbor, and the development of a very important textile industry, with around five thousand looms, being also a center of silk industry, which originates a very strong commerce with other parts of Europe and which will remain until the Muslims and Jews are expelled in 17th century.

As the emirs of Granada, Seville and Valencia try to conquer the little kingdom, Almería suffers many sieges, but remains independent until the arrival of the Almoravids, except for a short period of Valencian occupation, after which the governor sent by the Valencian King Ma'n declares again the independence of Almería.The kingdom finally is annexed in 1091 to the Almoravid empire as all the other Taifas.

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