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 (5)

Label Occurrences
Mozarabs canonical 17
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 (22)

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 ⓘ
Rebellion of Umar ibn Hafsun → participant → Mozarab communities ⓘ
linked to: Mozarabs
Muladis → associatedWith → Mozarabs ⓘ