Figures
6.1 The expansion of the taifa of Seville 139
6.2 Dinar from the reign of Emir al-Muʿtamid of Séville (470/1077–1078) 140
6.3 The Aljafería palace in Zaragoza 142
6.4 Dirham from the reign of Emir al-Ma ʾmūn of Toledo (462/1069–1070) 145
15.1 Al-Andalus in the 11th century. A land of taifas 402
15.2 Genealogical table of the Zirids 409
19.1 Granada, minaret of al-Murābiṭīn mosque, eleventh century 562
19.2 Zaragoza, oratory of the Aljafería, ca. 1065 564
19.3 Zaragoza, plan of the oratory of the Aljafería 565
19.4 Zaragoza, plan of the Aljafería palace 567
19.5 Málaga, plan of the Alcazaba 570
19.6 Málaga, arches of the main hall, first half of eleventh century 571
19.7 Málaga, alhanía of the palace, first half of eleventh century 573
19.8 Tunis, detail of the dome of the al-Zaytuna Mosque, end of the tenth or beginning of the eleventh century 575
19.9 Balaguer, plasters of the taifa palace of Castell Formós, 1046–1078, Museum of Noguera 576
19.10 Toledo, bestiary side of taifa arcade of the Alcázar, ca. 1063, Museum of Santa Cruz 577
20.1 Circles for Mercury, the Moon and the Sun according to M. Comes and H. Mielgo. The circle which represents Mercury’s deferent is an ellipse 595
20.2 Face of the ṣafīḥa zarqāliyya. Biblioteca Histórica de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid 597
20.3 Back of the ṣafīḥa zarqāliyya. Biblioteca Histórica de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid 598
20.4 Face of the shakkāziyya 599
20.5 Rete of the universal plate superimposed on the mater 600
22.1 Tujībid dinar year 411/1020–1021 minted in Zaragoza under the name of the Ḥammūdid caliph al-Qāsim al-Māʾmūn 662
22.2 First issues in al-Andalus after the collapse of the Córdoba caliphate 664
22.3 The beginning of taifa continuous coin production 666
22.4 Taifa gold coins metrology. At the top: dinar from al-Muʽtamid, taifa of Seville, year 470/1077–1078. (Photo: http://www.andalustonegawa.50g.com/Taifas/Sevilla/IMG_0135.JPG). On the bottom: fractional dinar from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (412–452/1021–1061), taifa of Valencia, undated. (Photo: Archaeological Museum of Murcia) 668
22.5 Taifa silver coins metrology 670
22.6 Inscriptions on a fractional dinar minted in the taifa of Denia. ʿAlī Iqbāl al-Dawla (436–468/1044–1076) 674
22.7 Hoards with taifa coins in the Iberian Peninsula 675
22.8 Origin of the coins from the taifa hoards: A: Santa Elena hoard, Valencia, and B: Belalcázar hoard, Córdoba 677
22.9 Fāṭimid coins discovered in al-Andalus 679
22.10 Origin of the Fāṭimid coins discovered in al-Andalus 680
23.1 Fragments of marble plinths from the Alcazaba of Málaga 686
23.2 Epitaph of ḥājib Sābūr (413/1022) 690
23.3 Epitaph of the year 416/1025. Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz) 694
23.4 Funerary frieze from the tomb of al-Manṣūr in Badajoz, 437/1045. © Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Badajoz 696
23.5 Marble well rim made for the main mosque of Toledo (423/1032). Museo de Santa Cruz (Toledo), © Ministerio de Cultura 699
23.6 Stucco panel from the Aljafería (Zaragoza). Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid). © Ministerio de Cultura 706
23.7 Inscription commemorating the construction of a minaret. Castle of Moura (Portugal) © Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF) 2004–2022 708
Maps
13.1 Caliphate breakup in 427/1035–1036 345
13.2 Caliphate breakup in 435/1043–1044 345
13.3 Distribution of pseudo-caliphal titulations 346
13.4 Distribution of sultanic titulations 346
Tables
13.1 F. Clément, Pouvoir et légitimité en Espagne musulmane, 253–254 347
13.2 Clément, Pouvoir et légitimité, 256 348
13.3 Sultanic titulations 349
20.1 Comparison of scholarly travel during the Caliphate and Ṭawāʾif periods 587