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Almanzor

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Abu ʿĀmir Muḥammad bin ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿĀmir, al-Ḥājib al-Manṣūr (أبو عامر محمد بن عبد الله بن أبي عامر الحاجب المنصور) (c. 938 – August 8, 1002), better known as Almanzor, was for 24 years (978–1002) the de facto ruler of Muslim Iberia (al-Andalus) under the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba (Khilāfat Qurṭuba). [1]

152 relations: Abánades, Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar, Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Aeci, Al-Andalus, Al-Hakam II, Al-Mansur (disambiguation), Alcazaba of Almería, Alcácer do Sal, Algeciras, Almassora, Andalusians, Andrew of Fleury, Arabic language influence on the Spanish language, Arnulf (bishop of Vic), August 8, Ava of Ribagorça, Countess of Castile, Banu Dānis, Banu Gómez, Banu Tujibi, Barcelona, Barcelona Cathedral, Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Batalha Square, Battle of Albesa, Battle of Calatañazor, Battle of Cervera, Battle of Rueda, Battle of Torà, Battle of Torrevicente, Berbers, Bermudo II of León, Borrell II, Count of Barcelona, Calatañazor, Caliphate of Córdoba, Cantar de los Siete Infantes de Lara, Castle of Atienza, Castle of Medinaceli, Castle of Penedono, Córdoba, Spain, Consuegra, County of Barcelona, County of Coimbra, County of Portugal, Cuéllar, Elvira of Castile, Queen of León, Elvira Ramírez, Fez, Morocco, Fitna of al-Andalus, Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain, ..., France–Spain relations, García Fernández of Castile, García Gómez, García Sánchez II of Pamplona, Gonzalo Menéndez, Gonzalo Sánchez of Aragon, Hermenegildo Gutiérrez, Hisham II, Historia silense, History of Póvoa de Varzim, History of Spain, History of Valencia, Hospital de Órbigo, Ibn al-Kattani, Ibn Hayyan, Ibn Hazm, Imperator totius Hispaniae, Iria Flavia, Jacob ibn Jau, Kingdom of Galicia, Kingdom of Navarre, León Cathedral, León, Spain, List of Andalusians, List of destroyed libraries, List of historical opera characters, List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility: A, List of people on the postage stamps of Spain, List of Spaniards, List of state leaders in 1001, List of state leaders in 1002, List of the oldest mosques, Lothair of France, Lupitus of Barcelona, Madh'hij, Maghrawa, Mansur, Marca Hispanica, Medina Azahara, Molins de Rei, Monastery of Carracedo, Monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza, Monastery of Sant Cugat, Moninho Viegas, o Gasco, Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī, Muslim campaign at Córdoba Cathedral, Muslim Walls of Madrid, Ourense, Palma de Mallorca, Pantheon of Asturian Kings, Póvoa de Varzim, Pelagius of Oviedo, Pelayo Rodríguez (bishop), Pico Almanzor, Pisan–Genoese expeditions to Sardinia, Ramiro Garcés of Viguera, Ramiro III of León, Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona, Raymond III of Rouergue, Reconquista, Rodrigo Velázquez, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville, Romanesque architecture in Spain, Saint Fructus, Sancho García of Castile, Sancho II of Pamplona, Sant Pau del Camp, Santa Maria, Manresa, Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Spanish architecture, Subh of Cordoba, Suero Gundemáriz, Taifa of Almería, Taifa of Dénia, The Long Ships, Timeline of antisemitism, Timeline of Galician history, Timeline of Portuguese history, Timeline of Portuguese history (First County), Timeline of the Middle Ages, Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, Upper March, Urraca Fernández, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Zawi ben Ziri, Ziri ibn Atiyya, Zirid dynasty, 1002, 10th century, 938, 976, 978, 981, 985, 986, 987, 988, 990, 997, 999. Expand index (102 more) »

Abánades

Abánades is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

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Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar

Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar was hajib of the Caliphate of Cordoba from the death of his father al-Mansur ibn Abi Aamir (known to later Spanish historians as Almanzor) in 1002 until his own death in 1008.

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Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo

Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo (983 – 3 March 1009), born and died in Córdoba, was the son of Almanzor who became chief minister of Hisham II, Caliph of Córdoba.

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Aeci

Aeci (or Aetius) (died 1010), Bishop of Barcelona from 995, was a warrior-prelate in the age of the Peace and Truce of God.

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Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus (الأنْدَلُس, trans.; al-Ándalus; al-Ândalus; al-Àndalus; Berber: Andalus), also known as Muslim Spain, Muslim Iberia, or Islamic Iberia, was a medieval Muslim territory and cultural domain occupying at its peak most of what are today Spain and Portugal.

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Al-Hakam II

Al-Hakam II (Abū'l-ʿĀs al-Mustansir bi-llāh al-Hakam ibn ʿAbd ar-Rahmān; January 13, 915 – October 16, 976) was the second Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba in Al-Andalus, and son of Abd-ar-Rahman III and Murjan.

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Al-Mansur (disambiguation)

al-Mansur is an Arabic surname meaning "the Victorious".

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Alcazaba of Almería

The Alcazaba of Almería is a fortified complex in Almería, southern Spain.

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Alcácer do Sal

Alcácer do Sal is a municipality in Portugal, located in Setúbal District.

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Algeciras

Algeciras (translit) is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar (in Spanish, the Bahía de Algeciras).

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Almassora

Almassora (Almazora) is a town and municipality in the ''comarca'' of Plana Alta, Valencian Community, Spain.

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Andalusians

The Andalusians (andaluces) are a Spanish ethnic group that live in the southern region in Spain approximated by what is now called Andalusia.

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Andrew of Fleury

Andrew of Fleury was a Christian monk and contemporary historian of the Peace and Truce of God movements.

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Arabic language influence on the Spanish language

Arabic influence on the Spanish language overwhelmingly dates from the Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula between 711 and 1492.

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Arnulf (bishop of Vic)

Arnulf (died 1010) was the bishop of Vic from 993.

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August 8

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Ava of Ribagorça, Countess of Castile

Ava of Ribagorza (Catalan: Ribagorça) (fl. 988), was countess consort of Castile by marriage to García Fernández of Castile.

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Banu Dānis

The Banū Dānis, also known as Banū Abī Dānis or Banū Adānis, were a clan of the Berber tribe of Awsāǧa (also Awsaŷa, 'Awsaja, Aussaya).

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Banu Gómez

The Banu Gómez (Beni Gómez) were a powerful but fractious noble family living on the Castilian marches of the Kingdom of León from the 10th to the 12th centuries.

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Banu Tujibi

The Banu Tujib (بنو تجيب) or Tujibids were an Arab dynasty that were appointed to govern Calatayud in 872, and in 886 were given Zaragoza.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city in Spain.

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Barcelona Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia, Catedral de la Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia), also known as Barcelona Cathedral, is the Gothic cathedral and seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain.

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Basilica of San Isidoro, León

The Basílica de San Isidoro de León is a church in León, Spain, located on the site of an ancient Roman temple.

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Batalha Square

Batalha Square (Praça da Batalha) is a historical public square located in the city of Porto, in Portugal.

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Battle of Albesa

According to Catalan historian Ramon d'Abadal i de Vinyals, the battle was the:.

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Battle of Calatañazor

The Battle of Calatañazor was a legendary battle of the Reconquista that supposedly took place in July 1002 at Calatañazor between an army of invading Saracens under Almanzor and a force of Christian allies led by Alfonso V of León, Sancho III of Navarre, and Sancho García of Castile.

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Battle of Cervera

The Battle of Cervera took place near Espinosa de Cervera on 29 July 1000 between the Christian troops of counts Sancho García of Castile and García Gómez of Saldaña and the Muslim Caliphate of Córdoba under the hajib Almanzor.

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Battle of Rueda

The Battle of Rueda (981) was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista between the Muslim forces of Al-Andalus, commanded by Almanzor, and the combined forces of the Christian kingdoms of Leon and Navarre, plus the County of Castile, led by King Ramiro III of Leon, García Fernández of Castile and Sancho II of Pamplona.

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Battle of Torà

The Battle of Torà was a defensive battle of the Reconquista, fought between an alliance of Catalan counts and an army of the Caliphate of Córdoba in 1003 at Torà, Lleida.

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Battle of Torrevicente

The Battle of Torrevicente was fought on Saturday, 9 July 981 between a force loyal to the Caliphate of Córdoba under the command of Ibn Abi ‘Amir and a rebel force under Galib ibn Abd al-Rahman and his Christian allies, King Ramiro Garcés of Viguera and Count García Fernández of Castile.

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Berbers

Berbers or Amazighs (Berber: Imaziɣen, ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⴻⵏ; singular: Amaziɣ, ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗ) are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa, primarily inhabiting Algeria, northern Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, northern Niger, Tunisia, Libya, and a part of western Egypt.

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Bermudo II of León

Bermudo (or Vermudo) II (c. 953 – September 999), called the Gouty (el Gotoso), was first a rival king in Galicia (982–984) and then king of the entire Kingdom of León (984–999).

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Borrell II, Count of Barcelona

Borrell II (died 993) was Count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 945 and Count of Urgell from 948.

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Calatañazor

Calatañazor is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain.

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Caliphate of Córdoba

The Caliphate of Córdoba (خلافة قرطبة; trans. Khilāfat Qurṭuba) was a state in Islamic Iberia along with a part of North Africa ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.

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Cantar de los Siete Infantes de Lara

The Cantar de los Siete Infantes de Lara (Song of the Seven Lara Princes) is a legend, perhaps derived from a lost cantar de gesta, that relates a tale of family feuding and revenge, centering on the murder of the eponymous seven infantes, princes, of Lara or Salas.

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Castle of Atienza

The Castle of Atienza (Spanish: Castillo de Atienza) is a castle located in Atienza, Spain.

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Castle of Medinaceli

The Castle of Medinaceli is a medieval fortress in Medinaceli (Province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain).

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Castle of Penedono

The Castle of Penedono (Castelo de Penedono) is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Penedono e Granja, in the municipality of Penedono, Portuguese district of Viseu.

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Córdoba, Spain

Córdoba, also called Cordoba or Cordova in English, is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba.

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Consuegra

Consuegra is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

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County of Barcelona

The County of Barcelona (Comitatus Barcinonensis) was originally a frontier region under the rule of the Carolingian dynasty.

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County of Coimbra

The County of Coimbra (Condado de Coimbra) was a political entity consisting of the lands of Coimbra, Viseu, Lamego and Santa Maria da Feira, in modern Portugal.

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County of Portugal

The County of Portugal (Condado de Portugal, Condado Portucalense, Condado de Portucale; in documents of the period the name used was Portugalia) refers to two successive medieval counties in the region around Braga and Porto, today corresponding to littoral northern Portugal. It is the first state within which the identity of the Portuguese people formed, there the first Portuguese nation state and a predecessor to modern Portugal. The county existed from the mid-ninth to the mid-eleventh centuries as a vassalage of the Kingdom of Asturias and later the Kingdoms of Galicia and León, before being abolished as a result of a rebellion against the king of Galicia. A larger entity under the same name was then reestablished by the king of León in the late 11th century and lasted until the mid-12th century when its count elevated it into an independent Kingdom of Portugal.

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Cuéllar

Cuéllar is a small Town and Municipality in the Province of Segovia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, in Spain.

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Elvira of Castile, Queen of León

Elvira García (–1017), was Queen consort of Leon by marriage to King Bermudo II, and co-regent of Leon jointly with Count Menendo González during the minority of her son Alfonso V from 999 until 1008.

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Elvira Ramírez

Elvira Ramírez (c. 935 – aft. 986) was a Leonese princess who served as regent of the kingdom during the minority of her nephew Ramiro III of León.

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Fez, Morocco

Fez (فاس, Berber: Fas, ⴼⴰⵙ, Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fas-Meknas administrative region.

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Fitna of al-Andalus

The Fitna of al-Andalus (فتنة الأندلس.) (1009–1031) was a period of instability and civil war that preceded the ultimate collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba.

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Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain

The forced conversions of Muslims in Spain were enacted through a series of edicts outlawing Islam in the lands of Spain.

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France–Spain relations

France and Spain neighbour each other, with a long border across the Pyrenees.

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García Fernández of Castile

García Fernández, called of the White Hands (Burgos, Córdoba, 995), was the count of Castile and Alava from 970 to 995.

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García Gómez

García Gómez (died after 1017) was a Leonese count, at least from 971.

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García Sánchez II of Pamplona

García Sánchez II (Basque: Gartzea II.a Santxez; dead c. 1000), was King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon from 994 until his death c. 1000.

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Gonzalo Menéndez

Gonzalo Menéndez (or Gonçalo Mendes) (fl. 950–997) was a Count of Portugal in the Kingdom of León.

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Gonzalo Sánchez of Aragon

Gonzalo Sánchez (died 997?) was a younger son of King Sancho II of Pamplona and Queen Urraca Fernández.

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Hermenegildo Gutiérrez

Hermenegildo Gutiérrez (Hermenegildo Guterres in Portuguese) (c. 850 – after May 912), was a distinguished Galician noble who lived during the 9th and 10th centuries.

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Hisham II

Abu'l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah (Abū'l-Walīd Hishām al-Muʾayyad bi-ʾllāh) (son of Al-Hakam II and Subh of Cordoba) was the third Umayyad Caliph of Spain, in Al-Andalus from 976–1009, and 1010–13.

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Historia silense

The Historia silense, also called the Chronica silense or Historia seminense, and more properly Historia legionense, is a medieval Latin narrative history of the Iberian Peninsula from the time of the Visigoths (409–711) to the first years of the reign of Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1065–1073).

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History of Póvoa de Varzim

Old Town of Varzim, probable site of a Roman villa which prompted the development of the modern city. The history of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, and its development as a maritime trade and fishing hub, have been greatly influenced by its location at the entrance to one of Portugal's best natural ports.

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History of Spain

The history of Spain dates back to the Middle Ages.

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History of Valencia

The history of Valencia, one of the oldest cities in Spain, begins over 2100 years ago with its founding as a Roman colony under the name "Valentia Edetanorum" on the site of a former Iberian town, by the river Turia in the province of Edetania.

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Hospital de Órbigo

Hospital de Órbigo is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain.

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Ibn al-Kattani

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Husayn Ibn al-Kattani al-Madhiji (951–1029), sometimes nicknamed "al-Mutatabbib " (the physician), was a well-known Moorish scholar, philosopher, physician, astrologer, man of letters, and poet.

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Ibn Hayyan

Abū Marwān Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥayyān al-Qurṭubī (987–1075), usually known as Ibn Hayyan, was a Muslim historian from Al-Andalus.

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Ibn Hazm

Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm (أبو محمد علي بن احمد بن سعيد بن حزم; also sometimes known as al-Andalusī aẓ-Ẓāhirī; November 7, 994 – August 15, 1064Ibn Hazm.. Trans. A. J. Arberry. Luzac Oriental, 1997 Joseph A. Kechichian,. Gulf News: 21:30 December 20, 2012. (456 AH) was an Andalusian poet, polymath, historian, jurist, philosopher, and theologian, born in Córdoba, present-day Spain. He was a leading proponent and codifier of the Zahiri school of Islamic thought, and produced a reported 400 works of which only 40 still survive. The Encyclopaedia of Islam refers to him as having been one of the leading thinkers of the Muslim world, and he is widely acknowledged as the father of comparative religious studies.

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Imperator totius Hispaniae

Imperator totius Hispaniae is a Latin title meaning "Emperor of all Spain".

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Iria Flavia

Iria Flavia or simply Iria in Galicia, northwestern Spain, is an Ancient settlement and former bishopric in the modern municipality of Padrón, which remains a Catholic titular see.

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Jacob ibn Jau

Jacob ibn Jau (Hebrew Ya'akov ben Gau; Arab. Yakub ibn Jau) was a Jewish silk-manufacturer at Cordova, occupying a high position at the court of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham II.

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Kingdom of Galicia

The Kingdom of Galicia (Reino de Galicia, or Galiza; Reino de Galicia; Reino da Galiza; Galliciense Regnum) was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Kingdom of Navarre

The Kingdom of Navarre (Nafarroako Erresuma, Reino de Navarra, Royaume de Navarre, Regnum Navarrae), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona (Iruñeko Erresuma), was a Basque-based kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France.

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León Cathedral

Santa María de León Cathedral, also called The House of Light or the Pulchra Leonina is situated in the city of León in north-western Spain.

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León, Spain

León is the capital of the province of León, located in the northwest of Spain.

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List of Andalusians

The following table groups the list of famous Andalusians listed in alphabetical order within categories.

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List of destroyed libraries

Libraries have been deliberately or accidentally destroyed or badly damaged.

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List of historical opera characters

This is a list of historical figures who have been characters in opera or operetta.

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List of nicknames of European royalty and nobility: A

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List of people on the postage stamps of Spain

This is a list of people who have appeared on the postage stamps of Spain.

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List of Spaniards

This is a list, in alphabetical order within categories, of notable hispanic people of Spanish heritage and descent born and raised in Spain, or of direct Spanish descent.

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List of state leaders in 1001

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List of state leaders in 1002

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List of the oldest mosques

The designation of the oldest mosque in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation.

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Lothair of France

Lothair (Lothaire; Lothārius; 941 – 2 March 986), sometimes called Lothair III or Lothair IV, was the Carolingian king of West Francia from 10 September 954 until his death in 986.

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Lupitus of Barcelona

Lupitus of Barcelona, identified with a Christian archdeacon called Sunifred, was an astronomer in late 10th century Barcelona, then part of the Marca Hispanica between Islamic Al-Andalus and Christian France (in 985 changing from Christian back into Muslim hands by the conquest of Al-Mansur).

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Madh'hij

Madh'hij (مذحج) also spelled Math'hij is a famous large Qahtanite Arab tribal confederation.

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Maghrawa

The Maghrawa or Meghrawa (Berber: imeghrawen) were a large Zenata Berber tribe originating from what is now north of Algeria(mainly to the mountainous Dahra region to western Algeria).

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Mansur

Mansur (منصور, Manṣūr; also spelled Mounsor,Munsor (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansour, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur) is a male Arabic name that means "the one who is victorious", from the Arabic root naṣr (نصر), meaning "victory." The first known bearer of the name was Al-Mansur, second Abbasid caliph and the founder of Baghdad.

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Marca Hispanica

The Marca Hispanica (Marca Hispánica, Marca Hispànica, Aragonese and Marca Hispanica, Hispaniako Marka, Marche d'Espagne), also known as the March of Barcelona, was a military buffer zone beyond the former province of Septimania, created by Charlemagne in 795 as a defensive barrier between the Umayyad Moors of Al-Andalus and the Frankish Carolingian Empire (Duchy of Gascony, the Duchy of Aquitaine and Carolingian Septimania).

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Medina Azahara

Medina Azahara (مدينة الزهراء Madīnat az-Zahrā: literal meaning "the shining city") is the ruins of a vast, fortified Arab Muslim medieval palace-city built by Abd-ar-Rahman III (912–961), the first Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba, and located on the western outskirts of Córdoba, Spain.

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Molins de Rei

Molins de Rei is a municipality located 18 km from Barcelona's city centre, in the ''comarca'' of Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain.

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Monastery of Carracedo

The Monastery of Saint Mary of Carracedo or the Monasterio de Santa María de Carracedo is an inactive abbey and palace complex, now in semi-restored state near the town of Carracedelo, province of León, Castile and León, Spain.

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Monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza

The Monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza is a former Benedictine monastery in Gradefes, in the province of León, central Spain.

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Monastery of Sant Cugat

The Monastery of Sant Cugat is a Benedictine abbey in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain.

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Moninho Viegas, o Gasco

Moninho Viegas, o Gasco or Monio Viegas (950-1022) was a medieval Knight, he fought the Moors of Almanzor in Portugal.

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Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba

The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba (Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba), also known as the Great Mosque of Córdoba (Mezquita de Córdoba) and the Mezquita, whose ecclesiastical name is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), is the Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and located in the Spanish region of Andalusia.

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Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī

Abu ʾl-Djaysh Mujāhid ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿĀmiri, surnamed al-Muwaffaḳ (died AD 1044/5), was the ruler of Dénia and the Balearic Islands from late 1014 (early AH 405) until his death.

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Muslim campaign at Córdoba Cathedral

Since the early 2000s, Spanish Muslims have lobbied the Roman Catholic Church to allow them to pray in the Cathedral of Córdoba.

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Muslim Walls of Madrid

The Muslim Walls of Madrid, also known as Arab Walls of Madrid, and some vestiges remain, are located in the Spanish city of Madrid.

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Ourense

Ourense (Orense) is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of the same name in Galicia.

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Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca, frequently used name for the city of Palma, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain.

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Pantheon of Asturian Kings

The Pantheon of Asturian Kings in a chapel of Nuestra Señora del Rey Casto in the Cathedral of San Salvador, Oviedo, Spain.

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Póvoa de Varzim

Póvoa de Varzim, also spelled Povoa de Varzim, is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto.

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Pelagius of Oviedo

Pelagius (or Pelayo) of Oviedo (died 28 January 1153) was a medieval ecclesiastic, historian, and forger who served the Diocese of Oviedo as an auxiliary bishop from 1098 and as bishop from 1102 until his deposition in 1130 and again from 1142 to 1143.

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Pelayo Rodríguez (bishop)

Pelayo Rodríguez (fl. 948–1007) was the Bishop of Iria Flavia (977–985).

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Pico Almanzor

Pico Almanzor is the highest mountain in central Spain.

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Pisan–Genoese expeditions to Sardinia

In 1015 and again in 1016 forces from the ''taifa'' of Denia, in the east of Muslim Spain (al-Andalus), attacked Sardinia and attempted to establish control over it.

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Ramiro Garcés of Viguera

Ramiro Garcés (Basque: Ramiro Gartzia; died 9 July 981) was the first King of Viguera, since the establishment of the kingdom in 970 until his death in 981.

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Ramiro III of León

Ramiro III (961 – 26 June 985), king of León (966–984), was the son of Sancho the Fat and his successor at the age of only five.

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Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona

Ramon Borrell (Ramon Borrell, Ramón Borrell) (972-1017) was count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 992.

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Raymond III of Rouergue

Raymond III, sometimes numbered Raymond II (died in or about 1008), was the count of Rouergue and Quercy from 961 to his death.

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Reconquista

The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for the "reconquest") is a name used to describe the period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada to the expanding Christian kingdoms in 1492.

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Rodrigo Velázquez

Rodrigo Velázquez (died 977/8) was an important magnate of Galicia during the reigns of Ramiro II, Ordoño III, Sancho I, and Ramiro III.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville

The Archdiocese of Seville is part of the Catholic Church in Seville, Spain.

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Romanesque architecture in Spain

Romanesque architecture in Spain is the architectural style reflective of Romanesque architecture, with peculiar influences both from architectural styles outside the Iberian peninsula via Italy and France as well as traditional architectural patterns from within the peninsula.

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Saint Fructus

Saint Fructus (San Fruitos, Frutos, Fructos) was a Castilian hermit of the eighth century venerated as a saint.

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Sancho García of Castile

Sancho García (died 5 February 1017), called of the Good Laws (in Spanish, el de los Buenos Fueros), was the count of Castile and Álava from 995 to his death.

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Sancho II of Pamplona

Sancho Garcés II (Basque: Antso II.a Gartzez, c. 938 – dead 994), also known as Sancho II.

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Sant Pau del Camp

Sant Pau del Camp (Catalan for "Saint Paul of the countryside" or "in the fields") is a church and former monastery in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Santa Maria, Manresa

The Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria (Catalan: Santa Maria de Manresa; Spanish: Santa María de Manresa), also known as La Seu, is a Romanesque-Gothic church in Manresa, Catalonia, north of Spain.

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Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain.

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Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (Spanish and Galician: Catedral de Santiago de Compostela) is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela and is an integral component of the Santiago de Compostela World Heritage Site in Galicia, Spain.

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Spanish architecture

Spanish architecture refers to architecture carried out in any area in what is now Spain, and by Spanish architects worldwide.

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Subh of Cordoba

Subh (circa 940 - circa 999), also known as Sobeya, Sobha, and Sabiha Malika Qurtuba ('Queen of Cordoba'), was the spouse of Caliph al-Hakam of Cordoba (r. 961-976), and the regent of the Caliphate of Córdoba in Spanish Al-Andalus during the minority of her son, Caliph Hisham II al-Hakam.

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Suero Gundemáriz

Suero Gundemáriz (flourished 968–991) was a Leonese count in the region of Galicia, notable mainly for leading the region in rebellion.

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Taifa of Almería

The Taifa of Almería (rtl, Ta'ifa al-Mariyah) was a Muslim medieval Moorish kingdom located in what is now the province of Almería in Spain.

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Taifa of Dénia

The taifa of Dénia was an Islamic Moorish kingdom in medieval Spain, ruling over part of the Valencian coast and Ibiza.

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The Long Ships

The Long Ships or Red Orm (original Swedish: Röde Orm meaning Red Serpent or Red Snake) is an adventure novel by the Swedish writer Frans G. Bengtsson.

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Timeline of antisemitism

This timeline of antisemitism chronicles the facts of antisemitism, hostile actions or discrimination against Jews as a religious or ethnic group.

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Timeline of Galician history

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Timeline of Portuguese history

This is a timeline of Portuguese history.

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Timeline of Portuguese history (First County)

This is a historical timeline of Portugal.

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Timeline of the Middle Ages

Note: All dates are Common Era. The following is a timeline of the major events during the Middle Ages, a time period in human history mostly centered on Europe, which lies between classical antiquity and the modern era.

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Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula

This is a timeline of notable events during the period of Muslim presence in Iberia, starting with the Umayyad conquest in the 8th century.

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Upper March

The Upper March (in الثغر الأعلى, aṯ-Tagr al-A'la; in Spanish: Marca Superior) was an administrative and military division in northeast Al-Andalus, roughly corresponding to the Ebro valley and adjacent Mediterranean coast, from the 8th century to the early 11th century.

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Urraca Fernández

Urraca Fernández (died 1007), was queen consort of two Kings of León and one King of Navarre between 951 and 994.

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Wallada bint al-Mustakfi

Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (ولادة بنت المستكفي) (born in Córdoba in 994 - died March 26, 1091), was an Andalusian poet.

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Zawi ben Ziri

Zawi ben Ziri as-Sinhayi or Al-Mansur Zawi Ibn Ziri Ibn as-Manad Sanhaji (المنصور بن زيري بن الزاوي مانادو), was a chief in the Berber Sanhaja tribe.

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Ziri ibn Atiyya

Ziri ibn Atiyya (Berber language: Ziri n Ɛaṭiyya Ameɣraw) also known as Ziri ibn Atiyya ibn Abd Allah ibn Tabādalt ibn Muhammad ibn Khazar az-Zanātī al-Maghrāwī al-Khazarī (died 1001) was the first algerian tribal leader of the Berber Maghrawa tribal confederacy and kingdom.

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Zirid dynasty

The Zirid dynasty (ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰ ⵏ ⴰⵢⵜ ⵣⵉⵔⵉ Tagelda n Ayt Ziri, زيريون /ALA-LC: Zīryūn; Banu Ziri) was a Sanhaja Berber dynasty from modern-day Algeria which ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya (eastern Maghreb) from 972 to 1148.

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1002

Year 1002 (MII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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10th century

The 10th century is the period from 901 to 1000 in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the last century of the 1st millennium.

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938

Year 938 (CMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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976

Year 976 (CMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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978

Year 978 (CMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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981

Year 981 (CMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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985

Year 985 (CMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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986

Year 986 (CMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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987

Year 987 (CMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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988

Year 988 (CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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990

Year 990 (CMXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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997

Year 997 (CMXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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999

Year 999 (CMXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanzor

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