Banu Qasi

Banu Qasi (Arabic بنو قاسي, DMG Banū qasi ) was the name of a Basque ( according to other data Gothic ) Muladi dynasty, which in the 8th and 10th centuries Tudela (Navarra ) and its surroundings, including Olite and Arnedo, dominated. The area was conquered in the 11th century by the Taifa of Zaragoza. Progenitor of the patrilineal organized Dynasty was a Hispano- Roman or Visigothic Count Cassius.

The converted to Islam Banu Qasi were late 8th century governors of Pamplona and verschwägert by this time with a Christian family of the area: Musa ibn Musa, who was head of the family in the first half of the 9th century, and Iñigo Arista, 822 to 852 (now Christian ) King of Pamplona, ​​were by their mother's half-brothers. These and other cross-community connections meant that the autonomous Emirate of Banu Qasi an important ally of the Kingdom of Pamplona, ​​the precursor of Navarre, became and remained. Both states buffered each other off from invasions of the largest Christian and Muslim states in the region. They faced each other from the beginning in, even when they succeeded in the year 824, together to beat the Franks in the third battle of Roncesvalles.

After losing Tudela at Zaragoza, it Banu Qasi first succeeded to build a new territory in Alpuente ( Aragón ). Alfonso I of Aragon conquered Tudela 1115 and introduced the Muslim ( and Jewish ) community of the city under his protection. After the conquest of Navarre by Castile and Aragon from 1512 to 1522, the Muslim population, however, were forced to emigrate or conversion.

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