Gharb al-Andalus: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|711–1249 region of southern Portugal under Muslim rule}}

{{History of Portugal}}

'''Gharb al-Andalus''' ({{lang-ar|غرب الأندلس}}, [[Arabic transliteration|trans.]] ''gharb al-ʼandalus''; "west of [[al-Andalus]]"), or just '''al-Gharb''' ({{lang-ar|الغرب}}, [[Arabic transliteration|trans.]] ''al-gharb''; "the west"), was the name given by the [[Muslims of Iberia]] to the region of southern modern-day [[Portugal]] and part of West-central modern day [[Spain]] during their rule of the territory, from 711 to 1249. This period started with the fall of the [[Visigoths|Visigothic kingdom]] after [[Tariq ibn-Ziyad]]'s invasion of Iberia and the establishment of the [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania|Umayyad control in the territory]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Santos |first=Joel |date=2022-11-09 |title=Why Did Cities Evolve in Gharb Al-Andalus? Network analysis as a potential method for charting city growth |url=http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue59/9/index.html |journal=Internet Archaeology |language=en |issue=59 |doi=10.11141/ia.59.9 |s2cid=253436621 |issn=1363-5387|doi-access=free }}</ref> The present day [[Algarve]] derives its name from this Arabic name. The region had a population of about 500,000 people.<ref>{{cite book

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==Umayyad Conquest==

{{Main|Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula}}