Al-Andalus
Almohad and Almoravid Andalusi rule. The mineral district falls into agricultural use; the toponyms (Aljaraque, Almonaster, El Andévalo itself) survive in Arabic form.
Part of Andévalo
4 moments in this segment.
- — Taifa of Niebla. After the Caliphate of Córdoba fragments (1031), the Taifa of Niebla emerges as the regional power covering most of what is now Huelva province. Niebla's walled medina becomes the administrative centre; the Andévalo is its agricultural hinterland.
- — Almoravids absorb the Taifas. The Almoravid dynasty crosses from the Maghreb and absorbs the disunited Taifa kingdoms (1086-1110). The Andévalo passes to Almoravid rule; Arabic place-names — Aljaraque, Almonaster, the toponym Andévalo itself (from al-Bāwilah) — date from this layer of administration.
- — Almohad dynasty. The Almohads replace the Almoravids and rule western Al-Andalus from Seville. Niebla remains the regional centre; mining at Riotinto is dormant but villages and salt pans operate.
- — Fernando III takes Seville. Fernando III of Castile takes Seville on 23 November 1248. The Guadalquivir valley and most of western Andalusia pass to Castilian rule within a decade. The Andévalo, sparsely populated after the long reconquest, becomes empty borderland in need of resettlement.
