emirate · Iberia

Taifa of Algeciras

1035 CE – 1058 CE (approx.) · capital Algeciras

A Hammudid taifa on the Bay of Algeciras, controlling the crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar until Seville seized it in 1058.

Origins

Algeciras, the main crossing point to Morocco, was a Hammudid possession. Around 1035 a branch of the family under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim made the town and its district a separate principality, while his cousins ruled the Taifa of Málaga.

Rule and society

The state was small but strategic, controlling the port that linked al-Andalus with Ceuta and the Maghreb. Its rulers, like the Málaga line, used the caliphal titles of the Hammudids and relied on Berber troops. Little more is known about its administration.

Decline and legacy

Around 1058 al-Mutadid of the Taifa of Seville besieged Algeciras and forced al-Qasim ibn Muhammad to surrender it. Algeciras was later the Almoravids' landing place in 1086.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Taifa of Málaga 1026 CE – 1057 CETaifa of Algeciras

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Taifa of Algeciras. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/taifa-of-algeciras
MLA
“Taifa of Algeciras.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/taifa-of-algeciras. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Taifa of Algeciras.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/taifa-of-algeciras.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Taifa of Algeciras’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/taifa-of-algeciras (Accessed: ).

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