Taifa of Dénia

State · 1010–1249 CE · at its largest around 1015 CE

Muslim maritime taifa on the eastern Iberian coast which, under Mujahid al-Amiri, also ruled the Balearic Islands.

On its lands while it lasted

• Tortosa (c. 1010 CE): Capital of Taifa of Tortosa (1010–1099).
• Dénia (c. 1010 CE): Capital of Taifa of Dénia (1010–1227).
• Murcia (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Murcia (1015–1249).
• Albarracín (c. 1015 CE): Capital of Taifa of Albarracín (1015–1104).
• El Cid (c. 1043 CE – 1099 CE): Castilian knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, who fought for Christian and Muslim rulers and conquered Valencia in 1094; hero of the Cantar de mio Cid.

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