Upper March of al-Andalus

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The Upper March of al-Andalus was the northern frontier region of Muslim-ruled Iberia, centered around the Ebro Valley, that served as a key military and administrative buffer zone against Christian kingdoms to the north.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Upper March of Al-Andalus 3
Upper March of al-Andalus canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
frontier province ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenter Zaragoza ⓘ
borderedBy Christian kingdoms of northern Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Iberian kingdoms
capital Zaragoza ⓘ
correspondsTo parts of modern Aragon ⓘ
parts of modern La Rioja ⓘ
parts of modern Navarre ⓘ
country Caliphate of Córdoba ⓘ
Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ
linked to: Emirate of Córdoba
governedBy Umayyad caliphs of Córdoba ⓘ
Umayyad emirs of Córdoba ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad emirs
historicalContext early Islamic rule in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
historicalFunction defense against Frankish and Christian expansion ⓘ
historicalOutcome progressive loss to expanding Christian polities ⓘ
language Arabic (administrative language) ⓘ
Basque (in some northern areas) ⓘ
Romance vernaculars ⓘ
locatedIn Ebro Valley ⓘ
linked to: Ebro basin

Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
majorCity Calatayud ⓘ
Huesca ⓘ
linked to: Huesca province

Tudela ⓘ
Zaragoza ⓘ
majorRiver Ebro River ⓘ
militaryArchitecture border fortresses ⓘ
fortified cities ⓘ
militarySignificance frontier zone for raids and counter-raids ⓘ
opposedBy Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Asturias ⓘ
Kingdom of Pamplona ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Navarre
partOf al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus
populationComposition Christians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
regionToday northern Spain ⓘ
religion Islam (dominant ruling religion) ⓘ
linked to: Islam
role administrative buffer zone ⓘ
military buffer zone ⓘ
strategicImportance control of passes between Ebro Valley and Pyrenees ⓘ
control of routes between al-Andalus and the Carolingian frontier ⓘ
subdivisionType thaghr (march) ⓘ
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Abd al-Rahman III → strengthenedControlOver → Upper March of al-Andalus ⓘ
Muladíes → region → Upper March of al-Andalus ⓘ
Battle of Graus → militaryTheater → Upper March of al-Andalus ⓘ
Alfonso I of Aragon → territorialExpansion → Upper March of Al-Andalus ⓘ
subject linked to: the Battler
linked to: Upper March of al-Andalus
Siege of Zaragoza (778) → geographicalContext → Upper March of Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Upper March of al-Andalus
Saraqusta → wasImportantUrbanCenterIn → Upper March of Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Upper March of al-Andalus