This book is a discussion of the complex events which surround the breakup of the Muslim Caliphate of C?rdoba in the early eleventh century. The focus of the study concerns quite a short period of time: 1009-1031 A.D., although a wide-ranging investigation of the political structure of Muslim Spain is embarked on.
A thorough narrative of the events is followed by separate discussions of some of the main groups involved in the civil wars, the Marwānids...