Aftasid dynasty

The Aftasiden (Arabic بنو الأفطس, DMG Banū l - Aftas ) were a Berber Arabized dynasty that ruled from 1022 to 1095 the Andalusian small kingdom Badajoz (Arabic بطليوس, DMG Baṭalyaus ).

When the Caliphate of Córdoba collapsed in the Taifa kingdoms, Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Maslamah ibn al- Aftas (1022-1045) pushed the Saqaliba Governor Sabur and captured the rule in Badajoz. Under his successors the Aftasiden controlled not only large parts of western Spain and Portugal but Badajoz was also an important center of Islamic culture, which was sponsored by the rulers. However, it always came back to military conflicts with the Abbadids of Seville and the kingdoms of Leon and Castile. In the south went Mertola ( 1033 ) and Silves ( in 1040 ) lost in the north Braga ( 1040) Porto ( 1050), Lamego ( 1057 ), Viseu ( 1058 ), Coimbra (1064 ) and Coria ( 1079 ). Tried in vain to 1080 Umar al - Mutawakkil ( 1065-1094/95 ) Toledo to affiliate. When the Castilian King Alfonso VI. 1085 Toledo conquered, Umar and the Emir al - Mu'tamid called Seville the Almoravids from Morocco to help. This defeated Alfonso VI. 1086 at Sagrajas ( الزلاقة, DMG az- Zallaqa ). When Abbadids and Almoravids however, threw Seville and was annexed by the Moroccans, the Aftasiden allied with Castile against their coreligionists and delivered them in 1093 from Lisbon. Then annexed the Almoravids conquered Badajoz and Lisbon back in 1094 also. Al- Mutawakkil was executed along with two sons; another son, al- Mansur III. still ruled from 1094-1095 in Montánchez and finally escaped to the court of Alfonso VI. , where he converted to Christianity later.