Conventional Long Name: | Taifa of Menorca |
Common Name: | Taifa of Menorca |
Era: | Middle Ages |
Government Type: | Monarchy |
Year Start: | 1228 |
Year End: | 1287 |
Event1: | Treaty of Capdepera |
Date Event1: | 1231 |
Event End: | Conquered by the Crown of Aragon |
P1: | Almohad dynasty |
Flag P1: | Flag of Morocco (1147-1269).svg |
S1: | Crown of Aragon |
Flag S1: | Siñal d'Aragón.svg |
Capital: | Menorca |
Common Languages: | Andalusi Arabic, Hebrew |
Religion: | Islam, Roman Catholicism, Judaism |
Currency: | Dirham and Dinar |
The Taifa of Menorca was a medieval Islamic taifa kingdom vassal to the Crown of Aragon, which existed from 1228 until 1287, when the latter conquered it. It was ruled by the Arabs of the Banu Khazraj tribe.
c. 1228/9?–1281
1281–1287