Dhulnunid conquest of Valencia

Conquest of Valencia
	; The Taifa kingdoms in 1065
Date	1065
Location	Valencia
Result	Dhulnunid victory The Taifa of Toledo annexes the Taifa of Valencia;
Belligerents
Dhulnunid Taifa of Toledo	Amirid Taifa of Valencia
Commanders and leaders
Al-Mamun of Toledo	Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Muzaffar
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

the Dhulnunid conquest of Valencia was a military conquest of the city of Valencia capital of the Taifa of Valencia by the Dhulnunid dynasty of the Taifa of Toledo, the conquest was led by Al-Mamun of Toledo emir of Toledo, eventually annexing the Taifa of Valencia with its capital adding it to the Taifa of Toledo realm in 1065.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Background

Valencia was the capital of the Taifa of Valencia which was ruled by the Saqaliba between 1010-1021 and then by the Amirids between 1021 and 1065, the Taifa was stabilized in 1021 under the grandson of Almanzor Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur,^[1] who was succeeded by his son Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Muzaffar also a son-in-law of Al-Mamun of Toledo. Al-Mamun supported his son-in-law against Ferdinand I of León's expedition to Valencia in 1065, but the latter fell ill and retreated to his kingdom.^[4]

Al-Mamun of Toledo the Dhulnunid Emir conquered Valencia in the same year, absorbing the Taifa territories and adding them to his kingdom, he deposed his son-in-law Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Muzaffar, in a time the Taifa of Toledo reached a notable period of prosperity and expansion.^[1]^[4]^[3]^[2]

Dhulnunids ruled Valencia until it became independent in 1075 after the death of Al-Mamun of Toledo,^[2]^[1] however the city submitted again to his son Yahya al-Qadir in 1085-1086 supported by Alfonso VI of León and Castile troops led by Álvar Fáñez.^[5]^[1]

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