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The Andalusians (Spanish: andaluces) are the people of Andalusia, an autonomous community in southern Spain. Andalusia's statute of autonomy defines Andalusians as the Spanish citizens who reside in any of the municipalities of Andalusia, as well as those Spaniards who reside abroad and had their last Spanish residence in Andalusia, and their descendants. [7]
The southern part of the Iberian peninsula was under Islamic rule for seven hundred years. In medieval history, "al-Andalus" (Arabic: الأندلس) was the name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania governed by Arab and North African Muslims (given the generic name of Moors), at various times in the period between 711 and 1492.
Andalusians for the most part were also the protagonists of the so-called "minor or Andalusian voyages", [32] [33] [34] that ended the monopoly of Admiral Colón in the voyages to America. This is a period of splendor and great boom for the region, which becomes the richest and most cosmopolitan of Spain and one of the most influential regions ...
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise is a non-fiction book written by Dario Fernández-Morera and published by ICI Books in 2016. In it, the author argues against La Convivencia , the hypothesis that the Spanish Islamic realms ( Al-Andalus ) were religiously tolerant.
Byzantium artisans are believed to have come to teach these techniques to Andalusian artisans. Some of the original Byzantium artisans also remained in Al-Andalus and became integrated into Andalusian society. Likewise, Christians and Jews adopted the Arabic architectural elements into their own churches and synagogues built under Moorish rule.
Politician and writer, leading exponent of Andalusian nationalism: Casares: 1885: 1936 Luisa of Medina-Sidonia: Queen-consort of Portugal: Sanlúcar de Barrameda: 1613: 1666 Antonio (Lopez) de Mendoza: First viceroy of New Spain and third viceroy of Peru: Granada: 1495: 1552 Ramón Maria Narvaez: General and Prime Minister of Spain: Loja: 1800: ...
Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد; full name in Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد بن أحمد بن رشد, romanized: Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Rushd; 14 April 1126 – 11 December 1198), often Latinized as Averroes (English: / ə ˈ v ɛr oʊ iː z /), was an Andalusian [1] polymath and jurist who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine ...
The first spread of Sufi spirituality can be traced back to Ibn Masarra (883-931), who wrote works in the line of Mutazilism and Batimi Sufism. [1] His text are lost and what is known about them is due mainly to the work of a later disciple, Ibn al-A'rabi (1165-1240).