emirate · Iberia

Taifa of Crevillent

1243 CE – 1318 CE (approx.) · capital Crevillent

A small Muslim lordship near Elche whose ra'is ruled under Christian overlords for some 75 years after the fall of Murcia.

Origins

Around 1243, when the Third Taifa of Murcia accepted Castilian overlordship by the Treaty of Alcaraz, the Banu Hudayr family kept control of Crevillent and its district as autonomous Muslim lords, or ra'is.

Rule and society

Known only from scattered documents, the lordship was a Muslim enclave of irrigated farmland under Christian protection, first of the Crown of Castile and, after the Treaty of Torrellas of 1304, of the Crown of Aragon. It survived the Mudéjar revolt of 1264-1266 and kept contacts with the Emirate of Granada.

Decline and legacy

Around 1318 the last ra'is left for Granada, and Crevillent was absorbed into the Kingdom of Valencia. Its Muslim population remained as Mudéjares until the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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

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