Taifa of Burzand

The Taifa of Burzand was the muslim kingdom of Brunant in the medieval period. The taifa existed from 1109 to around 1175.

History
Brunant was under the control of Denia after 1020 but the rulers of Dénia imposed strict order over the Brunanters and by 1040 had forced many Christians to leave the islands. In 1104, the cities of Jabaladar and Bur Taif rose up in revolt against it's Brunanter governors. The commander in Brezonde sent 500 troops to crush the insurgents, routing them at the Battle of Bur Taif and then attacking anyone resisting in Jabal-Akdar. After a few years, a minor nobleman named Mansur ibn Hussein (1070-1125) began openly criticizing the rulers and raised enough support to launch an armed campaign against the governor. At the Battle of Adan he defeated the governor's troops and in 1109 proclaimed himself "Emir".

Following Mansur's death his eldest son Muhammad succeeded him as king, but his brother Hamid, with the help of Almoravid troops overthrew his brother in a coup and ruled from 1133 to 1139. After a period of stability under his son Hussein and grandson Abd al-Rahman, the Taifa was subject to naval raids by Almohads which left it in a weakened state. Abd al-Rahman's successor was a largely ineffective ruler and squandered much public money. He was poisoned or assassinated in 1174 and succeeded by his brother Abdallah. Finally in 1175 the Almohads invaded Brunant and at the Battle of Brezonde his troops were defeated and he was killed.

List of emirs

 * 1) Mansur ibn Hussein (1109-1125)
 * 2) Muhammad ibn Mansur (1125-1133)
 * 3) Hamid ibn Mansur (1133-1139)
 * 4) Hussein (1139-1150)
 * 5) Umar (1150-1156)
 * 6) Abd al-Rahman (1156-1171)
 * 7) Hussein II (1171-1174)
 * 8) Abdallah (1174-1175)