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Alpuente is a town in the province of the Land of Valencia, Spain.
It was the capital of a Spanish Muslim taifa or kingdom in the 11th century, ruled by the dynasty of Beni Kasim, an offshoot of the more famous group that ruled the Ebro Valley as the Banu Qasi some centuries before.
In 1103, Alpuente fell under the Almoravid dynasty. In 1145, it became part of the emirate of Valencia and was occupied, along with the rest of the emirate, by the Almohads in 1172, then passing as Almohad rule in Spain collapsed to the emirate of Murcia in 1229. Alpuente was conquered by the king of Aragon in 1229.
It was the capital of a Spanish Muslim taifa or kingdom in the 11th century, ruled by the dynasty of Beni Kasim, an offshoot of the more famous group that ruled the Ebro Valley as the Banu Qasi some centuries before.
In 1103, Alpuente fell under the Almoravid dynasty. In 1145, it became part of the emirate of Valencia and was occupied, along with the rest of the emirate, by the Almohads in 1172, then passing as Almohad rule in Spain collapsed to the emirate of Murcia in 1229. Alpuente was conquered by the king of Aragon in 1229.
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