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The toponym al-Andalus is first attested by inscriptions on coins minted in 716 by the new Muslim government of Iberia. [10] These coins, called dinars, were inscribed in both Latin and Arabic. [11] [12] The etymology of the name al-Andalus has traditionally been derived from the name of the Vandals (vándalos in Spanish, vândalos in Portuguese).
The taifas (green) in 1031. The taifas (from Arabic: طائفة ṭā'ifa, plural طوائف ṭawā'if, meaning "party, band, faction") were the independent Muslim principalities and kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal and Spain), referred to by Muslims as al-Andalus, that emerged from the decline and fall of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba between 1009 and 1031.
Over the centuries, Arabic spread gradually in Al-Andalus, primarily through conversion to Islam. [1] While Alvarus of Cordoba lamented in the 9th century that Christians were no longer using Latin, Richard Bulliet estimates that only 50% of the population of al-Andalus had converted to Islam by the death of Abd al-Rahman III in 961, and 80% by ...
Andalusi Arabic or Andalusian Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة العربية الأندلسية, romanized: al-lahja l-ʿarabiyya l-ʾandalusiyya) was a variety or varieties of Arabic [a] spoken mainly from the 8th to the 15th century in Al-Andalus, the regions of the Iberian Peninsula under the Muslim rule.
Al-Andalusi (Arabic: الأندلسي; alternatively Al Andalusi, Al Andalousi, El-Andaloussi, El Andaloussi, Landoulsi or Landolsi) is an Arabic-language surname common in North African countries (mainly Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia) that literally means “the Andalusian”, and it denotes an origin or ancestry from al-Andalus (Arabic name of the Iberian Peninsula) or from the modern-day ...
The toponym al-Andalus (الأندلس) is first attested in inscriptions on coins minted by the Umayyad rulers of Iberia, from ca. 715. [1]The etymology of the name has traditionally been derived from the name of the Vandals (who settled in Hispania in the 5th century).
The maqamas of the Persian poet Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani were also embraced in al-Andalus, and influenced Ibn Malik, Ibn Sharaf, and Ibn al-Ashtarkuwi al-Saraqusti . [ 24 ] [ 22 ] The maqama known as Al-Maqama al-Qurtubiya , attributed to al-Fath ibn Khaqan , is notable as it is a poem of invective satirizing Ibn as-Sayid al-Batalyawsi [ ar ...
Rithā’ al-Andalus (Arabic: رثاء الأندلس, variously translated as "An Elegy to al-Andalus" [1] or "Elegy for the fall of al-Andalus" [2]), also known as Lament for the Fall of Seville, is an Arabic qaṣīda nūniyya [3] [4] which is said to have been written by Andalusi poet Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi in 1267, [2] "on the fate of al-Andalus after the loss, in 664/1266, of several ...