Mozarabs

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Mozarabs were Iberian Christians living under Muslim rule in Al-Andalus who adopted many aspects of Arabic language and culture while retaining their Christian faith.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mozarabs canonical 11
Mozarabic Christians 2
Mozarab 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian community
ethno-religious group
adoptedFromArabicCulture administrative practices
dress
language
names
associatedWithRite Hispanic (Visigothic) liturgical tradition
coexistedWith Jews in Al-Andalus
Muslims in Al-Andalus
linked to: Islamic Spain
contributedTo cultural transfer between Islamic and Christian worlds
transmission of Arabic learning to Latin Christendom
culturalFeature bilingualism in Arabic and Romance
use of Arabic personal names by Christians
culturalIdentity partly Arabized Christians
declinedAfter Christian Reconquista
linked to: Reconquista
ethnicOrigin Iberian
experienced periods of persecution
periods of tolerance
facedPressureFrom Arabization
Islamization policies
historicalSourceType mentioned in Arabic chronicles
mentioned in Christian chronicles
languageInfluence Arabic
languageUsed Mozarabic
linked to: Mozarabic language

Romance languages of Iberia
legalStatusUnderIslamicLaw dhimmi
legalSystemApplied Islamic law in civil matters
livedUnderRuleOf Muslim rulers of Al-Andalus
mainRegion Al-Andalus
linked to: Andalusia

Iberian Peninsula
maintained own bishops in some cities
migratedTo Christian kingdoms of northern Iberia
linked to: Iberian kingdoms
nameEtymology derived from Arabic mustaʿrab meaning Arabized
paidTax jizya
religion Christianity
religiousRite Mozarabic Rite
retained Christian ecclesiastical hierarchy
Christian faith
Latin liturgy
socialRole intermediaries between Muslim and Christian societies
someConvertedTo Islam
survivingTradition Mozarabic Rite in Toledo
linked to: Mozarabic Rite
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
urbanPresence Cordoba
linked to: Córdoba

Granada
Seville
Toledo
wroteInLanguage Romance language with Arabic script (aljamiado-type practices)
wroteInScript Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mozarabic language usedBy Mozarabs
Muladíes opposedTo Mozarabs
Old Spanish Rite survivedAmong Mozarabic Christians
linked to: Mozarabs
Missale Mixtum hasCulturalContext Mozarabic communities
linked to: Mozarabs
Mozarabic Mass usedBy Mozarabic Christians
linked to: Mozarabs
Taifa of Málaga ethnicComposition Mozarab
linked to: Mozarabs
Taifa of Badajoz ethnicGroup Mozarabs