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Abd Allah ibn al-Aftas
Abd Allah ibn al-Aftas, of Berber descent, was the founder of the Aftasid dynasty of the Taifa of Badajoz. Vizier to Sabur al-Saqlabi, ruler of the old Lower March around Mérida and Badajoz, he seized power after Sabur's death in 1022 and ruled until about 1045, fighting the Abbadids of Seville. His successors added Lisbon and Évora and ruled until the Almoravid conquest of 1094.
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