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Alpuente

Alpuente is a town in the province of the Valencian Country, Spain.

It was the capital of a Spanish Muslim 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.

List of rulers

  • Abdallah I Ben Kasim c. 1020
  • Muhammad Yomm ed Dawlah c. 1050
  • Ahmed Adad ed Dawlah  ?-1092
  • Abdallah II Chanah ed Dawlah 1092-1103

In 1103, Alpuente fell under the Almoravid dynasty.

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